ACCESS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05191496 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-28
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees500500

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2023-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-01-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-15
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    MERTON, John Anthony resigned
    director
  10. 2022-02-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-08-07
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-08-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2020-07-31
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    BEWRY, Sharon Delores appointed
    director
  16. 2020-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-10-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2019-09-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  20. 2019-03-30
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    MERTON, John Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2004-07-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LIMITED
  22. 2004-07-28
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    BEWRY, Sharon Delores appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-07-28
    ➕
    BEWRY, Stephen Lloyd appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Lloyd Bewry
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Sharon Delores Bewry
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/08/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Anthony Mertonceased 31/07/2020· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-07-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

The Counting House, 9 High Street
High Street
Tring
Hertfordshire
HP23 5TE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BEWRY, Sharon Delores→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-28
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Active
BEWRY, Sharon Delores→
director · ~62y · appointed 2020-07-31
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Active
BEWRY, Stephen Lloyd→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-07-28
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Active
MERTON, John Anthony→
director · ~58y · appointed 2019-03-30 · resigned 2022-02-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01