ACCESS 13 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05597188 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-19

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 20.0y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (7 active, 21 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

252 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	7	700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

• 2 capital

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 capital

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 capital
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand

2026-05-12
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2026-02-04
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2026-02-04
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capital · SH03
2026-01-23
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accounts · AA
2025-11-20
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capital · SH06
2025-11-20
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capital · SH03
2025-08-18
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capital · SH06
2025-08-18
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2025-05-16
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2025-05-16
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2025-03-20
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2025-03-20
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capital · SH03
2025-01-24
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accounts · AA
2024-10-29
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capital · SH06
2024-10-29
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capital · SH03
2024-08-12
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2024-08-12
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capital · SH03
2024-06-03
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mortgage · MR04
2024-06-03
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-05-29
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2024-05-29
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2024-03-19
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2021-11-17
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FOWLER, Thomas appointed
director
2021-11-17
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WINFIELD, James appointed
director
2020-11-10
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HORBERRY, Julian Aaron resigned
director
2017-12-21
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BLYTHE, Nick resigned
director
2014-12-23
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CAMERON, Bruce Stewart appointed
director
2014-11-25
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BIRKS, Kirsty Anne resigned
director
2014-11-12
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Charge satisfied #4
2014-10-27
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank)
2014-10-09
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KIDGER, Julian resigned
director
2014-01-30
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DOUGLAS, Gary resigned
director
2012-08-13
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PEARSON, Mark Lindon resigned
director
2011-11-17
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Charge satisfied #3
2011-11-17
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Charge satisfied #2
2011-11-11
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2010-03-02
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PHILLIPSON, Michael Lawrence resigned
director
2010-02-03
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2010-01-25
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DIXON, Stephen Peter resigned
director
2008-04-06
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HARROLD, Craig William appointed
director
2008-04-06
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MCMURROUGH, Richard James appointed
director
2007-03-01
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SCOTT, Sara resigned
director
2007-01-08
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O'DONOGHUE, Alicia resigned
director
2006-12-12
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BRUCE, Carolyn resigned
secretary
2006-12-12
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BRUCE, Carolyn resigned
director
2006-10-23
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BRUCE, Carolyn appointed
secretary
2006-10-04
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DOUGLAS, Gary appointed
director
2006-05-23
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KYNASTON, Julian Mark appointed
director

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Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Laura Kynaston Individual · British · DOB 08/1981 · age 45	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/11/2020
Mr Julian Mark Kynaston Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-10-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

1 City Square

Leeds

LS1 2AL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-02

Last: 2025-10-19