ACCOUNTANCY AID INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01299545 · ltd · incorporated 1977-02-22

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 28.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£506.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 28.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £506,329

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£506k

↑ 3.4% YoY

Current Assets

£335k

↑ 2.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£506.3k	£489.6k
Current assets	£334.7k	£328.0k
Net assets	£506.3k	£489.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 miscellaneous

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-01-19
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-08-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-14
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-11-08
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-13
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MILLARD, Rachael appointed
director
2019-11-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2013-01-01
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STOREY, Carl Brandon appointed
director
2013-01-01
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STOREY, Matthew Spencer James appointed
director
2011-03-15
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Charge satisfied #1
1998-05-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1977-02-22
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Company incorporated
As ACCOUNTANCY AID INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Roger Phillip Bryan Storey Individual · British · DOB 11/1939 · age 87	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	14/02/2017
Mrs Avril Storey Individual · British · DOB 01/1945 · age 81	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1977-02-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Ark House

26 Cherry Orchard Road

Bromley

BR2 8NE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-28

Last: 2025-08-14