A1 TAXI BOOKING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06579697 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-29
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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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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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
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees400400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-02-03
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-04-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 TAXI BOOKING SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2008-04-29
    ➕
    PRATT, Lisa Marie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-04-29
    ➕
    PRATT, David Martin appointed
    director
  20. 2008-04-29
    ➕
    PRATT, Lisa Marie appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lisa Marie Pratt
Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/05/2024
Mr David Martin Pratt
Individual · British · DOB 02/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/04/2017

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
Incorporated2008-04-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Station Yard
Southfield Road
Hinckley
LE10 1UA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PRATT, Lisa Marie→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-29
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Active
PRATT, David Martin→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-04-29
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Active
PRATT, Lisa Marie→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-04-29
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Active

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-29