A3 EXCAVATIONS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12435627 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-31
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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£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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 2 miscellaneous
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  2. 2026-04-14
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  3. 2025-10-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-20
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2022-04-19
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2021-10-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A3 EXCAVATIONS LTD
  11. 2020-01-31
    HOLLAND, Harry appointed
    director
  12. 2020-01-31
    HOLLAND, Kelly appointed
    director
  13. 2020-01-31
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-13

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Kelly Holland
Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52
sig. influencesignificant influence31/01/2020

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
Incorporated2020-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Avoca Green Lane
Woking
GU23 6PQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-13OVERDUE
Last: 2025-01-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOLLAND, Harry
director · ~32y · appointed 2020-01-31
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HOLLAND, Kelly
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-01-31
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Recent filings (15 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-04-14
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-04-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-01-31