A1R SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05955828 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-04
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 6.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£605.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £605,640
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£234k
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£606k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£840k
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2026-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £692.3k | £636.5k |
| Current assets | £839.6k | £788.5k |
| Cash | £233.7k | £191.5k |
| Debtors | £452.2k | £502.0k |
| Net assets | £605.6k | £526.6k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-19➕PARKER, Maxwell Garret appointeddirector
- 2025-11-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-09-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-09-30🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-04-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2019-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-28➖MCMULLEN, Jason resigneddirector
- 2014-01-28➖MCMULLEN, Lorna resignedsecretary
- 2010-12-15➕PARKER, Darren Gerald appointeddirector
- 2006-10-04🏢Company incorporatedAs A1R SERVICES LIMITED
- 2006-10-04➕MCMULLEN, Lorna appointedsecretary
- 2006-10-04➕MCMULLEN, Jason appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
19/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PARKER, Maxwell Garret (same surname) appointed 2025-11-19. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- 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 15 years.
- 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 Darren Gerald Parker Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Susan Parker Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60 | 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
6-7 Castle Gate
Castle Street
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG14 1HD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
PARKER, Darren Gerald→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2010-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PARKER, Maxwell Garret→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2025-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCMULLEN, Lorna→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-10-04 · resigned 2014-01-28
MCMULLEN, Jason→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2006-10-04 · resigned 2014-11-28
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 15/04/2020 | 30/09/2020 |
Recent filings (68 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-14