1ST ASSESS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07206961 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-29
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£87.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (62/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £87,227

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£31k
Net Worth
£87k
Current Assets
£136k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£27k£55k£82k£109k£136kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£120.8k—
Current assets£136.4k—
Cash£31.0k—
Debtors£105.4k—
Net assets£87.2k—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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  2. 2024-04-25
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  3. 2024-01-17
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  4. 2024-01-17
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  5. 2024-01-17
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  6. 2024-01-17
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  7. 2023-11-10
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    officers · RP04AP01
  8. 2023-10-19
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    address · AD01
  9. 2023-05-31
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  10. 2022-12-23
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  11. 2021-10-14
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  12. 2020-10-19
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  13. 2019-10-10
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  14. 2018-10-31
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  15. 2017-12-06
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  16. 2011-08-01
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    BARNFIELD, Dawn appointed
    director
  17. 2010-10-29
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    BARNFIELD, James appointed
    director
  18. 2010-10-29
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director
  19. 2010-03-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST ASSESS LTD
  20. 2010-03-29
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Dawn Barnfield
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
James Barnfield
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Unit 18 Anslow Business Park
Main Road
Anslow, Burton-On-Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 9QX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BARNFIELD, Dawn→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNFIELD, James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-10-29
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Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-03-29 · resigned 2010-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2025-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-17
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2023-11-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29