A1 STAIRLIFT SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08389060 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£32.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
40 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
75
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 £32,148
Cash YoY
+39%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£17k
↑ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£32k
↑ 52602% YoY
Current Assets
£327k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £175.7k | £161.0k |
| Current assets | £327.5k | £424.2k |
| Cash | £16.7k | £12.0k |
| Debtors | £291.7k | £372.1k |
| Net assets | £32.1k | £61 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-08➖COPPEN, Stephen Andrew resigneddirector
- 2024-10-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-11📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-05-11🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-03-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-03-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Just Cashflow PLC
- 2020-03-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-02📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-01-24➕COPPEN, Stephen Andrew appointeddirector
- 2019-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-15➖NORMINGTON, Daniel resigneddirector
- 2013-02-05🏢Company incorporatedAs A1 STAIRLIFT SERVICES LIMITED
- 2013-02-05➕DUNNE, Robert Anthony appointeddirector
- 2013-02-05➕HARRISON, Simon appointeddirector
- 2013-02-05➕NORMINGTON, Daniel appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Simon Harrison Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Robert Anthony Dunne Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47540 — Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Registered office
Unit 6/7 Marley Mills
Marley Street
Keighley
BD21 5JX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
DUNNE, Robert Anthony→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2013-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARRISON, Simon→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2013-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COPPEN, Stephen Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2020-01-24 · resigned 2024-10-08
NORMINGTON, Daniel→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2013-02-05 · resigned 2016-07-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Just Cashflow Just Cashflow PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/03/2020 | 11/05/2020 |
Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-25