ALL SAFETY MATTERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08121128 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-27

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

£5.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,150

Net assets shrinking

Down £21,682 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5k

↓ 81% YoY

Current Assets

£14k

↓ 65% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£5.2k	£27.0k
Current assets	£13.6k	£39.3k
Net assets	£5.2k	£26.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-05-22
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accounts · AA
2024-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-17
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2018-09-17
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officers · CH01
2018-09-10
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-25
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annual-return · AR01
2016-07-18
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address · AD01
2015-07-16
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annual-return · AR01
2012-06-27
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Company incorporated
As ALL SAFETY MATTERS LIMITED
2012-06-27
➕
O'SULLIVAN, Jacqueline appointed
director
2012-06-27
➕
O'SULLIVAN, Nicholas John appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Nicholas John O'Sullivan Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	27/06/2016

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

Incorporated2012-06-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Dore Hamlet

Abbeydore

Hereford

HR2 0AA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

O'SULLIVAN, Jacqueline→

director · ~68y · appointed 2012-06-27

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Active

O'SULLIVAN, Nicholas John→

director · ~70y · appointed 2012-06-27

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