ACCESS 2 CARE NOTTINGHAM LTD

🌳Matureactive
06497605 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-08
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£97.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £97,766
Net assets shrinking
Down £23,021 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£98k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£152k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£40k£79k£119k£159k£199kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£122.9k£154.8k
Current assets£152.4k£198.6k
Net assets£97.8k£120.8k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    HUGHES, Laura Ann resigned
    director
  2. 2025-12-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-25
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  4. 2025-03-12
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    officers · TM02
  5. 2025-02-27
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    ASQUITH, Ronald resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2023-11-30
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  8. 2023-10-06
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    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-10-06
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  10. 2023-02-07
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    address · AD01
  11. 2022-11-29
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  12. 2022-06-06
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-06-01
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    HUGHES, Laura Ann appointed
    director
  14. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-26
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  16. 2019-11-29
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  17. 2018-11-30
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  18. 2017-11-30
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  19. 2008-02-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS 2 CARE NOTTINGHAM LTD
  20. 2008-02-08
    ➕
    GISCOMBE, Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2008-02-08
    ➕
    GISCOMBE, Michael Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 2008-02-08
    ➕
    ASQUITH, Ronald appointed
    secretary

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Louise Giscombe
Individual · British · DOB 07/1977 · age 49
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Halifax Street
Ashton-Under-Lyne
OL6 8PQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GISCOMBE, Louise→
director · ~49y · appointed 2008-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GISCOMBE, Michael Alexander→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASQUITH, Ronald→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-08 · resigned 2025-02-27
Resigned
HUGHES, Laura Ann→
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-06-01 · resigned 2025-12-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28