ACCESS GEAR SUPPLIES LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC817017 · ltd · incorporated 2024-07-22
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (3 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-07-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS GEAR SUPPLIES LTD
  2. 2024-07-22
    GRIMBLEBY, Micheal appointed
    director
  3. 2024-07-22
    📄
    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 1.8 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 ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-22

Group structure

Think Access (Scotland) Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Think Access (Scotland) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
ACCESS GEAR SUPPLIES LTD
This company · SC817017

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Think Access (Scotland) Ltd
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control22/07/2024
Mr Micheal Grimbleby
Individual · English · DOB 08/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/07/2024

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
Incorporated2024-07-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Unit 5 Croft Estate Glasgow Road
Longcroft
Bonnybridge
FK4 1QP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-22OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GRIMBLEBY, Micheal
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-07-22
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Recent filings (2 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-07-22