ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02266038 · ltd · incorporated 1988-06-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£2.6k
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
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
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,630
Net assets shrinking
Down £491 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£338k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£68k£135k£203k£271k£338kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2.6k£3.1k
Current assets£337.6k£338.4k
Net assets£2.6k£3.1k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-14
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  3. 2023-08-08
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  4. 2022-12-16
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  5. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2019-08-01
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  8. 2018-08-02
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  9. 2017-08-01
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  10. 2016-10-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2014-12-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-08-18
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2013-12-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-10-06
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    WEBB, David Zillwood resigned
    director
  17. 2009-08-05
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    FORREST, Giles William Leonard resigned
    secretary
  18. 2001-08-16
    ➖
    FORREST, Giles William Leonard resigned
    director
  19. 1996-03-29
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    FORREST, David resigned
    director
  20. 1996-03-29
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    FORREST, Giles William Leonard appointed
    director
  21. 1994-05-16
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    SULEMAN, Ebrahim appointed
    director
  22. 1991-01-14
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    METCALFE, Sheila Marjorie resigned
    director
  23. 1988-06-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT SERVICES 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Simon Beaumont Sheard
Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Ebrahim Suleman
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1988-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

20 Owl Lane
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF12 7RQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

SHEARD, Charles Simon Beaumont→
director · ~71y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SULEMAN, Ebrahim→
director · ~70y · appointed 1994-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORREST, Giles William Leonard→
secretary · resigned 2009-08-05
Resigned
FORREST, David→
director · ~93y · resigned 1996-03-29
Resigned
FORREST, Giles William Leonard→
director · ~66y · appointed 1996-03-29 · resigned 2001-08-16
Resigned
METCALFE, Sheila Marjorie→
director · ~98y · resigned 1991-01-14
Resigned
WEBB, David Zillwood→
director · ~80y · resigned 2009-10-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (96 total)

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2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-17