ACCESS RETAIL LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC684547 · ltd · incorporated 2020-12-29
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
£359.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47300Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -69% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 2.2y
10/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 2.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £358,995
Cash draining
Cash down 69% YoY
Cash YoY
-69%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£41k
↓ 69% YoY
Net Worth
£359k
↑ 144% YoY
Current Assets
£491k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £359.0k | £147.0k |
| Current assets | £490.6k | £604.0k |
| Cash | £41.2k | £133.3k |
| Debtors | £231.2k | £265.6k |
| Net assets | £359.0k | £147.0k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-09-24🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2024-03-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-01➕VEMULAPALLI, Krishna Priya appointeddirector
- 2024-02-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-02-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2023-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-03-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-12-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCESS RETAIL LIMITED
- 2020-12-29➕ELAPROLU, Sai Sirish appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Krishna Priya Vemulapalli Individual · Indian · DOB 08/1991 · age 35 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 29/12/2020 |
Mr Sai Sirish Elaprolu Individual · British · DOB 08/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 29/12/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-12-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Registered office
75 East High Street
Crieff
Perthshire
PH7 3JA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ELAPROLU, Sai Sirish→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2020-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VEMULAPALLI, Krishna Priya→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2024-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/09/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/02/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (27 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10