ATKINSON TREE SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
10163184 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-05
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
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£96.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £96,201

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£96k
↑ 45% YoY
Current Assets
£113k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£45k£68k£91k£113kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£332.6k£259.6k
Current assets£113.3k£80.3k
Cash—£16.3k
Debtors£113.3k£64.0k
Net assets£96.2k£66.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-01
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-07-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-07-17
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  6. 2023-12-21
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  7. 2022-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-22
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  9. 2021-01-20
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-22
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2019-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-10
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  13. 2017-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-11
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    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ATKINSON TREE SERVICES LTD
  16. 2016-05-05
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    ATKINSON, David Andrew appointed
    director
  17. 2016-05-05
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    ATKINSON, Rosanna Clare appointed
    director
  18. 2016-05-05
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Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ATKINSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Andrew Atkinson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/05/2017
Mrs Rosanna Clare Atkinson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/05/2017

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
Incorporated2016-05-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Kitson
Woodland Avenue
Teignmouth
Devon
TQ14 8UU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ATKINSON, David Andrew→
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-05-05
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Active
ATKINSON, Rosanna Clare→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-05-05
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-17
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-20