ACCESS ABLE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05666341 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 17.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£105.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 17.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £105,210
Net assets shrinking
Down £43,662 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£120k
Net Worth
£105k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£244k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £157.3k | £208.4k |
| Current assets | £244.3k | £203.6k |
| Cash | £119.6k | — |
| Debtors | £8.7k | — |
| Net assets | £105.2k | £148.9k |
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
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-01➕SANSOM, Nicola Anne appointeddirector
- 2023-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-01➕BROOM, Daniel appointeddirector
- 2022-04-01➕GARTON, Angela Marie appointeddirector
- 2022-04-01📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-04-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-03-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-29🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2011-06-17➖TRUCKLE, Sharon Louise resignedsecretary
- 2008-11-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2008-05-22➖HUNT, Wayne Ernest resigneddirector
- 2006-01-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCESS ABLE LIMITED
- 2006-01-05➕SANSOM, Robert James appointeddirector
- 2006-01-05➕TRUCKLE, Sharon Louise appointedsecretary
- 2006-01-05➕DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-01-05➖DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-01-05➕HUNT, Wayne Ernest appointeddirector
- 2006-01-05➕DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-01-05➖DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Bob Sansom Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Nicola Anne Sansom Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/03/2026 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Registered office
Access Able Limited
72 St Johns Street
Bedminster
Bristol
BS3 5AF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
BROOM, Daniel→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2022-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GARTON, Angela Marie→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2022-04-01
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SANSOM, Nicola Anne→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2024-08-01
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SANSOM, Robert James→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2006-01-05
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TRUCKLE, Sharon Louise→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-01-05 · resigned 2011-06-17
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-05 · resigned 2006-01-05
HUNT, Wayne Ernest→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2006-01-05 · resigned 2008-05-22
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-05 · resigned 2006-01-05
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 12/11/2008 | 29/03/2022 |
Recent filings (72 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-06