ACCESS CAPITAL PARTNERS ADVISOR UK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05636196 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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 (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-10-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-11-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-11-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-11-28
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    RIDGE, Paul Ewan resigned
    secretary
  18. 2005-12-13
    ➕
    RIDGE, Alison Claire appointed
    director
  19. 2005-12-13
    ➕
    RIDGE, Paul Ewan appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-11-30
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-11-30
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2005-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS CAPITAL PARTNERS ADVISOR UK LIMITED
  23. 2005-11-25
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-11-25
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Alison Claire Ridge
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

C/O Menzies Llp One Express
1 George Leigh Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 5DL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

RIDGE, Alison Claire→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-12-13
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Active
RIDGE, Paul Ewan→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-13 · resigned 2008-11-28
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-25 · resigned 2005-11-30
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-25 · resigned 2005-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-02