A1 SURVEYING & ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

06112976 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-16

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£-1.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,728

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£2k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-1.7k	£-1.7k
Net assets	£-1.7k	£-1.7k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-09-05
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accounts · AA
2024-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-23
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officers · AP01
2018-02-16
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THOMAS, Joseph Elliott appointed
director
2017-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-09-27
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address · AD01
2016-02-17
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-02-16
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annual-return · AR01
2008-07-10
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JORDAN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2007-04-05
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THOMAS, Stephen Jonathan appointed
director
2007-04-05
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BROOKSON DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2007-02-16
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Company incorporated
As A1 SURVEYING & ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD.
2007-02-16
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JORDAN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-02-16
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BROOKSON DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+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 67. 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Jonathan Thomas Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	16/02/2017

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

Incorporated2007-02-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Cefn Graig

Cardiff

CF14 6SW

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-02

Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

THOMAS, Joseph Elliott→

director · ~32y · appointed 2018-02-16

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Active

THOMAS, Stephen Jonathan→

director · ~67y · appointed 2007-04-05

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Active

JORDAN SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-16 · resigned 2008-07-10

Resigned

BROOKSON DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-16 · resigned 2007-04-05

Resigned

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