ACCESS 2 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06476734 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-18

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£1.37M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Scaffold erection

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 18.5y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 18.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,368,161

Cash YoY

-8%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£519k

↓ 8.2% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 1.5% YoY

Current Assets

£1.1m

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£1.56M	£1.58M
Current assets	£1.07M	£1.20M
Cash	£519.4k	£565.8k
Debtors	£546.7k	£637.4k
Net assets	£1.37M	£1.35M

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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accounts · AA
2025-12-04
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officers · TM01
2025-11-28
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DAVIES, Jane Margaret resigned
director
2024-12-20
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accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2023-01-27
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mortgage · MR04
2023-01-27
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mortgage · MR04
2023-01-27
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mortgage · MR04
2023-01-27
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Charge satisfied #3
2023-01-27
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Charge satisfied #2
2023-01-27
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
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officers · AP01
2022-04-01
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DAVIES, Jane Margaret appointed
director
2022-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
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officers · AP01
2021-08-02
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officers · AP01
2021-08-01
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LOVE, Jason appointed
director
2021-08-01
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MORRIS, Trevor appointed
director
2020-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts · AA
2018-01-24
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accounts · AA
2008-09-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lcp Securities Limited
2008-05-07
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WILLETT, Diane Margaret appointed
secretary
2008-05-07
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FOWLER, Raymond Denis appointed
director
2008-05-07
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WILLETT, Diane Margaret appointed
director
2008-05-07
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HERBERT, Christine resigned
secretary
2008-01-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The West Bromwich Scaffold Company Limited
2008-01-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited as Security Trustee
2008-01-18
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Company incorporated
As ACCESS 2 LIMITED
2008-01-18
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HERBERT, Geoffrey Arthur appointed
director
2008-01-18
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HERBERT, Christine appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Raymond Denis Fowler Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/05/2016
Mr Geoffrey Arthur Herbert Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/05/2016

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

Incorporated2008-01-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection

Registered office

Unit 4 Weddell Way

Brackmills Industrial Estate

Northampton

NN4 7HS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-22

Last: 2026-01-08