ACCESS LETTINGS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

09797154 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-28

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

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year to Jun 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

69/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

25 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 10.1y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

25 charges (25/25 with lender, 25/25 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

69/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Average employees	100	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand

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Charge registered #25
Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
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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

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

9 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Chris Paul Barber Individual · British · DOB 02/1983 · age 43	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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9 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

Incorporated2015-09-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Richard House Sorbonne Close

Thornaby

Stockton-On-Tees

TS17 6DA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-24

Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BARBER, Christopher Paul→

director · ~43y · appointed 2015-09-28

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Active

BARBER, Paul→

director · ~59y · appointed 2015-09-28 · resigned 2017-01-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:25 of 25 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/04/2025	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/04/2025	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/04/2025	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/04/2025	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/04/2025	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/04/2025	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/04/2025	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/04/2025	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/04/2025	—
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
satisfied	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	04/05/2018	22/12/2022
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