A1 QUALITY PAVING SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
13876205 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-27
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
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£6.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81300Landscape service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,931
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,124 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£7k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£271
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£4k£5k£7k£9kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£7.8k£9.9k
Current assets£271
Net assets£6.9k£9.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-01-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A1 QUALITY PAVING SOLUTIONS LTD
  5. 2022-01-27
    QUINN, Jerry Patrick appointed
    director
  6. 2022-01-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

45/100
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.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jerry Patrick Quinn
Individual · British · DOB 08/1989 · age 37
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/01/2022

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
Incorporated2022-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

Unit 1a Dalton Court
Commercial Road
Darwen
BB3 0DG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

QUINN, Jerry Patrick
director · ~37y · appointed 2022-01-27
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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-27