ACCESS OFFICE E-SALES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09965838 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-22
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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
78/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-08-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-08-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-08-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-01-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2025-01-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-01-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2025-01-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2025-01-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-08-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2022-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-06-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  19. 2020-07-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2016-01-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS OFFICE E-SALES LIMITED
  21. 2016-01-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Andrew James appointed
    director
  22. 2016-01-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Graham James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

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

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.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham James Smith
Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/01/2017
Mr Andrew James Smith
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/01/2017

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
Incorporated2016-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Unit 4, 2 Lake End Court Taplow Road
Taplow
Maidenhead
SL6 0JQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Andrew James→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-01-22
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SMITH, Graham James→
director · ~38y · appointed 2016-01-22
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Recent filings (34 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29