ACCESS SKILLS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06649072 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-16
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£188.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
58 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £188,749
Net assets shrinking
Down £102,877 YoY
Cash YoY
-11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£363k
↓ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£189k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£473k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£114k£228k£342k£456k£570kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£195.7k£302.0k
Current assets£472.5k£569.6k
Cash£363.4k£408.3k
Debtors£109.1k£161.3k
Net assets£188.7k£291.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-28
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    LEWIS, Deborah Anne resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC06
  6. 2024-02-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-02-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-02-01
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Adam James appointed
    director
  9. 2024-02-01
    ➕
    LEWIS, Deborah Anne appointed
    director
  10. 2023-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-02-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC06
  13. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-08-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2022-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC06
  16. 2022-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2022-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC06
  18. 2022-01-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2021-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  23. 2012-05-29
    ➖
    PORTER, Gail Jennifer resigned
    director
  24. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Peter Sean appointed
    director
  25. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    PORTER, Gail Jennifer appointed
    director
  26. 2008-07-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS SKILLS LTD
  27. 2008-07-16
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Neil appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Neil Crawford
Individual
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mathew Paul Whittinghamceased 31/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2008-07-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

12th Floor Cobalt Square
83-85 Hagley Road
Birmingham
B16 8QG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CRAWFORD, Adam James→
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRAWFORD, Neil→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, Peter Sean→
director · ~84y · appointed 2011-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Deborah Anne→
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-02-01 · resigned 2025-11-28
Resigned
PORTER, Gail Jennifer→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-01-12 · resigned 2012-05-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC06
2024-07-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC06
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05