ACCOUNTING SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
01923551 · ltd · incorporated 1985-06-18
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 36.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
  • 69201Accounting and auditing activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 36.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
127 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees300300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2020-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2017-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-10-26
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    MORRIS, John Robert appointed
    director
  17. 2001-10-26
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    FINLAYSON, Peter Logan Stobie resigned
    director
  18. 1995-08-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 1993-04-27
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    MORRIS, Diana Alice appointed
    secretary
  20. 1993-04-27
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    MORRIS, Diana Alice appointed
    director
  21. 1993-04-27
    ➖
    CHAPMAN, Kenneth James resigned
    secretary
  22. 1992-10-30
    ➖
    MORRIS, John Robert resigned
    director
  23. 1992-09-18
    ➖
    CHAPMAN, Kenneth James resigned
    director
  24. 1992-09-18
    ➖
    SULLIVAN, Anthony Christopher resigned
    director
  25. 1992-09-18
    ➖
    WARREN, Graham Edward resigned
    director
  26. 1989-11-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  27. 1985-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTING SERVICES LTD.

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Diana Alice Morris
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mr John Robert Morris
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1985-06-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

15 Windsor Road
Swindon
SN3 1JP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-15
Last: 2026-05-01

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

MORRIS, Diana Alice→
secretary · appointed 1993-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS, Diana Alice→
director · ~68y · appointed 1993-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS, John Robert→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAPMAN, Kenneth James→
secretary · resigned 1993-04-27
Resigned
CHAPMAN, Kenneth James→
director · ~76y · resigned 1992-09-18
Resigned
FINLAYSON, Peter Logan Stobie→
director · ~75y · resigned 2001-10-26
Resigned
MORRIS, John Robert→
director · ~69y · resigned 1992-10-30
Resigned
SULLIVAN, Anthony Christopher→
director · ~75y · resigned 1992-09-18
Resigned
WARREN, Graham Edward→
director · ~82y · resigned 1992-09-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property03/11/198923/08/1995

Recent filings (127 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-01