ACCOUTREMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02271406 · ltd · incorporated 1988-06-27
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 May 2025
Net worth
£125.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51210
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
91 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
85
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 £125,662
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£160k
↑ 3.4% YoY
Net Worth
£126k
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
£204k
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£41k£82k£123k£164k£204kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£121.1k£107.9k
Current assets£204.5k£193.3k
Cash£160.1k£154.9k
Debtors£44.4k£38.5k
Net assets£125.7k£119.5k

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
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filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-02
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    CROSS, Karen Patricia appointed
    director
  2. 2026-01-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  3. 2025-12-31
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  4. 2025-08-13
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  5. 2024-10-25
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  6. 2023-11-30
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  7. 2022-10-07
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  8. 2021-10-26
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  9. 2020-10-16
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  10. 2019-10-31
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  11. 2018-10-23
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  12. 2018-02-24
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  13. 2016-11-23
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  14. 2016-02-09
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  15. 2015-12-17
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  16. 2015-02-09
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  17. 2010-11-23
    ➖
    GOLDSWAIN, Barbara resigned
    secretary
  18. 2000-06-16
    ➕
    DOBLE, Antony Paul appointed
    director
  19. 1997-01-01
    ➕
    GOLDSWAIN, Barbara appointed
    secretary
  20. 1996-12-31
    ➖
    ROGERS, Edith Mary resigned
    secretary
  21. 1996-12-31
    ➖
    ROGERS, Samuel John resigned
    director
  22. 1988-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUTREMENT LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Henry Goldswain
Individual · British · DOB 09/1938 · age 88
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated1988-06-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC51210 — SIC 51210

Registered office

6 Scotsgrove Cottages
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 3RY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CROSS, Karen Patricia→
director · ~58y · appointed 2026-01-02
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Active
DOBLE, Antony Paul→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-06-16
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Active
GOLDSWAIN, Brian Henry→
director · ~88y
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Active
GOLDSWAIN, Barbara→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 2010-11-23
Resigned
ROGERS, Edith Mary→
secretary · resigned 1996-12-31
Resigned
ROGERS, Samuel John→
director · ~103y · resigned 1996-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-02
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accounts · AA
2025-12-31
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officers · CH01
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-04
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accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
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accounts · AA
2021-10-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
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accounts · AA
2020-10-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10