AFTER ACCIDENT CARE TEAM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05883851 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-21
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£168.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £168,165
Cash YoY
+75%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£129k
↑ 75% YoY
Net Worth
£168k
↑ 212% YoY
Current Assets
£408k
↑ 86% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£82k£163k£245k£327k£408kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£170.7k£53.9k
Current assets£408.4k£219.8k
Cash£129.4k£74.0k
Debtors£279.0k£145.7k
Net assets£168.2k£53.8k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-01-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  3. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-11-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-04-25
    ➕
    PIGGOTT, Jamie appointed
    director
  6. 2025-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-11-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-10-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-10-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-10-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2020-10-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2012-10-04
    ➖
    RAY, Catherine resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-07-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AFTER ACCIDENT CARE TEAM LIMITED
  22. 2006-07-21
    ➕
    HOLLAND, Stephen Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2006-07-21
    ➕
    RAY, Catherine appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Charles Holland
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-07-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 12 Washer Lane Industrial Estate
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX2 7DX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HOLLAND, Stephen Charles→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-07-21
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Active
PIGGOTT, Jamie→
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-04-25
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Active
RAY, Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-21 · resigned 2012-10-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—19/01/2026—
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Recent filings (65 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-14