ACCESS DESIGN & SAFETY LTD

🌳Matureactive
07459706 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-03
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£117.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £117,030

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£117k
↑ 6.6% YoY
Current Assets
£163k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£33k£66k£98k£131k£164kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£120.0k£112.4k
Current assets£163.3k£163.9k
Net assets£117.0k£109.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-18
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-06-23
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2013-06-30
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    SANDERS, Julian Peter Warman resigned
    director
  17. 2010-12-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS DESIGN & SAFETY LTD
  18. 2010-12-03
    ➕
    ROBINSON, John Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2010-12-03
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    ROBINSON, Matthew James appointed
    director
  20. 2010-12-03
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Paul Arthur appointed
    director
  21. 2010-12-03
    ➕
    SANDERS, Julian Peter Warman 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew James Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr John Paul Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Paul Arthur Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1946 · age 80
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
Incorporated2010-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Parsons Street
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1JJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ROBINSON, John Paul→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-12-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBINSON, Matthew James→
director · ~44y · appointed 2010-12-03
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Active
ROBINSON, Paul Arthur→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-12-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANDERS, Julian Peter Warman→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-12-03 · resigned 2013-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-09