ACCESS INDUSTRY FORUM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05455915 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-05-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£12.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -70% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £12,365
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,285 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 70% YoY
Cash YoY
-70%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£12k
↓ 70% YoY
Net Worth
£12k
↓ 63% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.4k | £33.6k |
| Current assets | £13.0k | £47.1k |
| Cash | £12.4k | £41.2k |
| Debtors | £600 | £5.9k |
| Net assets | £12.4k | £33.6k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-11-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-20📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2013-09-04➕SEDDON, Antony Graham appointeddirector
- 2013-03-29➖TOMLINSON, Neil James resigneddirector
- 2010-05-18➖JAMES, Robin Hugh resigneddirector
- 2010-05-18➕TOMLINSON, Neil James appointeddirector
- 2007-11-29➕BENNETT, Peter appointedsecretary
- 2007-11-29➕BENNETT, Peter appointeddirector
- 2007-11-29➕COUNCELL, Giles Dominic appointeddirector
- 2007-11-29➖KENNEFICK, Stephen resignedsecretary
- 2005-05-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCESS INDUSTRY FORUM LIMITED
- 2005-05-18➕KENNEFICK, Stephen appointedsecretary
- 2005-05-18➕JAMES, Robin Hugh appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2005-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations
Registered office
167-169 Great Portland Street
Fifth Floor
London
W1W 5PF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-01
Last: 2026-05-18
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
Active
BENNETT, Peter→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2007-11-29
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COUNCELL, Giles Dominic→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2007-11-29
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SEDDON, Antony Graham→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2013-09-04
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KENNEFICK, Stephen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-05-18 · resigned 2007-11-29
JAMES, Robin Hugh→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2005-05-18 · resigned 2010-05-18
TOMLINSON, Neil James→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-05-18 · resigned 2013-03-29
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Recent filings (67 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-15