ACCESS WORLD LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15084385 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-21
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 78200Temporary employment agency activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -97% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 3 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 £2
Very low cash
Cash position: £21
Cash draining
Cash down 97% YoY
Cash YoY
-97%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21
↓ 97% YoY
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£23
↓ 96% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£126£252£377£503£629Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2£2
Current assets£23£629
Cash£21£627
Debtors£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-25
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-03-11
    BRACEY, Edwin John resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-03-11
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-12-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-12-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-11-20
    BRACEY, Edwin John appointed
    secretary
  9. 2023-11-20
    BRACEY, Edwin John resigned
    director
  10. 2023-11-20
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2023-11-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2023-08-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS WORLD LIMITED
  13. 2023-08-21
    STOCKS, Richard James appointed
    director
  14. 2023-08-21
    BRACEY, Edwin John appointed
    director
  15. 2023-08-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard James Stocks
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/08/2023
Mr Edwin John Bracey
Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

4 Comet House
Calleva Park
Aldermaston
RG7 8JA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

STOCKS, Richard James
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-08-21
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Active
BRACEY, Edwin John
secretary · appointed 2023-11-20 · resigned 2025-03-11
Resigned
BRACEY, Edwin John
director · ~75y · appointed 2023-08-21 · resigned 2023-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-14
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-11-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-21