ACCESS GRAND PRIX LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09789091 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-292024-09-29
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-27
    HANNA, Danny Jon resigned
    director
  6. 2025-02-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-01-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-01-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2025-01-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2025-01-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-06-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-06-08
    SHEPPARD, Dean Robert resigned
    director
  20. 2015-09-23
    HANNA, Danny Jon appointed
    director
  21. 2015-09-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS GRAND PRIX LIMITED
  22. 2015-09-22
    STEER, Simon James appointed
    director
  23. 2015-09-22
    SHEPPARD, Dean Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon James Steer
Individual · British · DOB 11/1987 · age 39
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

The Courtyard Shoreham Road
Upper Beeding
Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3TN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-29
Last made up to: 2025-09-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

STEER, Simon James
director · ~39y · appointed 2015-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HANNA, Danny Jon
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-09-23 · resigned 2025-02-27
Resigned
SHEPPARD, Dean Robert
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-09-22 · resigned 2017-06-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-21