ACS ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07418306 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-25
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
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£268.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £268,906
Net assets shrinking
Down £270,725 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£242k
Net Worth
£269k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£613k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.27M | £596.9k |
| Current assets | £612.7k | £611.9k |
| Cash | £241.8k | — |
| Debtors | £370.9k | — |
| Net assets | £268.9k | £539.6k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-04-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
- 2025-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-03-27📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-03-26📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-03-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-07-24📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-07-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-07-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-17➕WELLS, Andrew Paul appointeddirector
- 2023-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2010-10-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ACS ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE LIMITED
- 2010-10-25➕ARMSTRONG, Diane Margaret appointeddirector
- 2010-10-25➕ARMSTRONG, Keith Raymond appointeddirector
- 2010-10-25➕WILSON, Peter Perry appointeddirector
- 2010-10-25➖WILSON, Peter Perry resigneddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Diane Margaret Armstrong Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/06/2016 |
Mr Keith Raymond Armstrong Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Registered office
The Warehouse Stockclough Lane
Feniscowles
Blackburn
BB2 5JR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
ARMSTRONG, Diane Margaret→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2010-10-25
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ARMSTRONG, Keith Raymond→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-10-25
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WELLS, Andrew Paul→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2024-05-17
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WILSON, Peter Perry→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-10-25 · resigned 2010-10-25
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 01/04/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (51 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-27
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-03-26
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-07-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28