ACCESS SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05867550 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-05
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Scaffold erection
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees15001500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-05-01
    ➕
    CARROLL, Andrew appointed
    director
  3. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTS LIMITED
  18. 2006-07-05
    ➕
    CARROLL, Janet Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-07-05
    ➕
    CARROLL, Janet Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2006-07-05
    ➕
    CARROLL, Terrence Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2006-07-05
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-07-05
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-07-05
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-07-05
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CARROLL, Andrew (same surname) appointed 2026-05-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Terrence Robert Carroll
Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Janet Elizabeth Carroll
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection

Registered office

33 Robert Street, Manselton
Swansea
West Glamorgan
SA5 9ND

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CARROLL, Janet Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-05
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Active
CARROLL, Andrew→
director · ~51y · appointed 2026-05-01
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Active
CARROLL, Janet Elizabeth→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARROLL, Terrence Robert→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-05 · resigned 2006-07-05
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-05 · resigned 2006-07-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30