A&A DIGITAL COPIERS (SERVICE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05564925 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-15
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£33.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
66 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £33,754

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£34k
↑ 120% YoY
Current Assets
£359k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£96k£191k£287k£383k£479kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-232023-09-27
Total assets£43.1k£33.8k
Current assets£359.1k£478.6k
Net assets£33.8k£15.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-07-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-06-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-08-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2021-08-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-08-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-08-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-06-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2020-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2019-09-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2005-09-16
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    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2005-09-16
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    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2005-09-15
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    Company incorporated
    As A&A DIGITAL COPIERS (SERVICE) LIMITED
  22. 2005-09-15
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    BROWN, Alison Jane appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-09-15
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    BROWN, Alison Jane appointed
    director
  24. 2005-09-15
    ➕
    BROWN, Allan David appointed
    director
  25. 2005-09-15
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2005-09-15
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 67. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

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
Mrs Alison Jane Brown
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/07/2022
Mr Allan David Brown
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Alison Jane Brownceased 29/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2005-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Newport House
Newport Road
Stafford
Staffordshire
ST16 1DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last made up to: 2024-09-23
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Alison Jane→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Alison Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Allan David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-09-15 · resigned 2005-09-16
Resigned
HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-09-15 · resigned 2005-09-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-08-05