AXIS BUILDERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09915219 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£66.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (71/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £66,741
Very low cash
Cash position: £54
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,997 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£54
~ YoY
Net Worth
£67k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£27k£41k£55k£69kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£359.9k£361.5k
Cash£54£54
Net assets£66.7k£68.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-04-02
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-07
    ➕
    HORDER, Martin Leonard appointed
    director
  14. 2016-06-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2015-12-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AXIS BUILDERS LTD
  16. 2015-12-14
    ➕
    SMITH, Matthew appointed
    director
  17. 2015-12-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Church Villa - The Street The Street
Leonard Stanley
Stonehouse
GL10 3NR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HORDER, Martin Leonard→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-06-07
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Active
SMITH, Matthew→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-12-14
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-04-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24