A1 DIRECT SUPPLIES LTD

🌳Matureactive
06928064 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-09
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-28.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £28,016

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
Net Worth
-£28k
↓ 213% YoY
Current Assets
£551k
↑ 8.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£28k£88k£204k£319k£435k£551kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-10.3k£26.1k
Current assets£551.1k£508.5k
Cash£3.5k—
Debtors£244.3k—
Net assets£-28.0k£-9.0k

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
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2024-03-29
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  4. 2023-08-14
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    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2022-03-31
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  7. 2021-11-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-10-02
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    capital · SH01
  14. 2019-10-02
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-10-01
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    NASH, Graham Williamson appointed
    director
  16. 2019-07-17
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    ATHERTON, Terry resigned
    director
  17. 2019-07-17
    ➖
    GOODACRE, Peter Wilfred resigned
    director
  18. 2019-07-17
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    GOODACRE, Robert William resigned
    director
  19. 2019-07-17
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  20. 2019-07-17
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  21. 2019-07-17
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  22. 2013-10-21
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    ORMSTON, Lee Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 2011-05-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  24. 2010-07-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Scarsmere Limited
  25. 2009-06-09
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 DIRECT SUPPLIES LTD
  26. 2009-06-09
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    ATHERTON, Terry appointed
    director
  27. 2009-06-09
    ➕
    GOODACRE, Peter Wilfred appointed
    director
  28. 2009-06-09
    ➕
    GOODACRE, Robert William appointed
    director
  29. 2009-06-09
    ➕
    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  30. 2009-06-09
    ➖
    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony resigned
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lee Anthony Ormston
Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55
75–100%
—75-100% shares19/04/2017

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
Incorporated2009-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Unit 7 Cromford Road Industrial Estate Cromford Road
Langley Mill
Nottingham
Derbyshire
NG16 4FL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

NASH, Graham Williamson→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ORMSTON, Lee Anthony→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATHERTON, Terry→
director · ~81y · appointed 2009-06-09 · resigned 2019-07-17
Resigned
GOODACRE, Peter Wilfred→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-06-09 · resigned 2019-07-17
Resigned
GOODACRE, Robert William→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-06-09 · resigned 2019-07-17
Resigned
VALAITIS, Peter Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-06-09 · resigned 2009-06-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
All assets debenture1 property26/05/2011—
outstanding
Scarsmere
Scarsmere Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property14/07/2010—
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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-02-25