A1 INSTALLATIONS (LONDON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06022006 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-07
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£25.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £25,689
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,173 YoY
Cash YoY
-3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£34k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Net Worth
£26k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£30k£39k£49kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£45.4k£62.4k
Current assets£40.4k£49.2k
Cash£34.4k£35.4k
Debtors£5.2k£13.0k
Net assets£25.7k£39.9k

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
3
filings
  • • 2 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    address · AD01
  2. 2025-11-24
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-09-15
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-24
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  5. 2023-09-28
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  6. 2022-09-30
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  7. 2021-09-06
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  8. 2020-09-30
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  9. 2019-09-27
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  10. 2018-08-21
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  11. 2017-09-01
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  12. 2016-09-16
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  13. 2016-01-07
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  14. 2015-10-06
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  15. 2014-12-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-12-07
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 INSTALLATIONS (LONDON) LIMITED
  17. 2006-12-07
    ➕
    BOUD, Steven Alan appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-12-07
    ➕
    BOUD, Steven Alan appointed
    director
  19. 2006-12-07
    ➕
    BOUD, Sylvia Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2006-12-07
    ➕
    THOMAS, Howard appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-12-07
    ➖
    THOMAS, Howard resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-12-07
    ➕
    TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
    nominee-director
  23. 2006-12-07
    ➖
    TESTER, William Andrew Joseph resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sylvia Anne Boud
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Steven Alan Boud
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
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
Incorporated2006-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

11 Woodside Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA15 7JG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BOUD, Steven Alan→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOUD, Steven Alan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOUD, Sylvia Anne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Howard→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-12-07 · resigned 2006-12-07
Resigned
TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→
nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 2006-12-07 · resigned 2006-12-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-24
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accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
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2024-09-24
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2023-12-22
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2023-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
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accounts · AA
2021-09-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17
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accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-20