ACCESS AUTOMATION SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
NI706610 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-18
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25120
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33140SIC 33140
  • 33200SIC 33200
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. 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 (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-01-03
    JOHNSTON, Gary Colin resigned
    director
  4. 2024-01-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-01-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS AUTOMATION SERVICES LTD
  7. 2023-12-18
    TROUTON, Timothy James appointed
    director
  8. 2023-12-18
    JOHNSTON, Gary Colin appointed
    director
  9. 2023-12-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

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: 2026-03-15

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Timothy James Trouton
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 03/2000 · age 26
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/12/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gary Colin Johnstonceased 02/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-12-18
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC25120 — SIC 25120

Registered office

35g Derryall Road
Portadown
BT62 1PL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-15OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-01

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

TROUTON, Timothy James
director · ~26y · appointed 2023-12-18
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Active
JOHNSTON, Gary Colin
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-12-18 · resigned 2024-01-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-18