ACCESS FLOORS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07051550 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-21
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Floor and wall covering
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
45 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees3300

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
5
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 resolution
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-29
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-05-29
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2026-05-29
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2026-05-28
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  6. 2025-11-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-11-01
    ➕
    ULMER, Ryan Donald appointed
    director
  8. 2025-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-07-27
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-10-31
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    EDE, Russell Geoffrey resigned
    director
  18. 2009-10-26
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2009-10-26
    ➕
    ULMER, Jonathan appointed
    director
  20. 2009-10-26
    ➕
    EDE, Russell Geoffrey appointed
    director
  21. 2009-10-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS FLOORS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
  22. 2009-10-21
    ➕
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointed
    director
  23. 2009-10-21
    ➖
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigned
    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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ULMER, Ryan Donald (same surname) appointed 2025-11-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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.)

Group structure

Access Floors (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Access Floors (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ACCESS FLOORS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
This company · 07051550

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Access Floors (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43330 — Floor and wall covering

Registered office

Unit 5a Premier Business Park
Westfields Trading Estate Faraday Road
Hereford
HR4 9NZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMPSON, Paul Anthony→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ULMER, Jonathan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-10-26
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Active
ULMER, Ryan Donald→
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDE, Russell Geoffrey→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2014-10-31
Resigned
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-10-21 · resigned 2009-10-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-29
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-05-29
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-05-29
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22