ACCENT ADVERTISING & DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02065083 · ltd · incorporated 1986-10-17
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 24.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£28.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £27,971

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
Net Worth
£28k
Current Assets
£36k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£14k£22k£29k£36kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£28.0k—
Current assets£36.0k—
Cash£1.2k—
Debtors£30.9k—
Net assets£28.0k—
Average employees—400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-02-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-20
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    WEBB, Thomas Hywel resigned
    director
  17. 2014-07-28
    ➕
    WEBB, Thomas Hywel appointed
    director
  18. 2009-04-01
    ➕
    RICHARDS, David Tudur appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-03-31
    ➖
    MORGAN, Kathleen Ann resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-03-31
    ➖
    MORGAN, Kathleen Ann resigned
    director
  21. 2005-03-29
    ➕
    MORGAN, Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2003-01-27
    ➕
    RICHARDS, David Tudur appointed
    director
  23. 2001-10-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  24. 2001-03-30
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    MORGAN, Kathleen Ann appointed
    director
  25. 2001-03-29
    ➕
    MORGAN, Gayle appointed
    director
  26. 2001-03-29
    ➖
    MORGAN, Peter resigned
    director
  27. 1986-10-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCENT ADVERTISING & DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Morgan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016
Mrs Gayle Morgan Simmonds
Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/05/2016

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
Incorporated1986-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

Csw Accountancy Ltd C/O John Long Furniture Centre
29 Ystrad Road
Fforestfach
Swansea
SA5 4LH
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

RICHARDS, David Tudur→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-01
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Active
MORGAN, Gayle→
director · ~55y · appointed 2001-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORGAN, Peter→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDS, David Tudur→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORGAN, Kathleen Ann→
secretary · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned
MORGAN, Kathleen Ann→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-03-30 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned
MORGAN, Peter→
director · ~80y · resigned 2001-03-29
Resigned
WEBB, Thomas Hywel→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-07-28 · resigned 2015-07-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/10/2001—
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Recent filings (114 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-26