ACC PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02637030 · ltd · incorporated 1991-08-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 34.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 34.3y
80/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 7 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £97,499
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £97.5k |
| Average employees | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-07📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-25➕SMITH, James John Bancroft appointeddirector
- 2024-10-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-21➕HUANG, Xuanzhuang appointeddirector
- 2021-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-01➖ZHANG, Yibing resigneddirector
- 2019-11-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2018-07-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-07-10➖LATHAM, Paul resigneddirector
- 2018-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-26➕SHORTEN, Vanessa appointeddirector
- 2016-08-15➕LIU, Guanghan appointeddirector
- 2016-08-15➕LATHAM, Paul appointeddirector
- 2016-08-15➖STEEL, Diana Mary resigneddirector
- 2016-08-15➕ZHANG, Yibing appointeddirector
- 2016-08-15🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2009-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2009-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2000-09-27➕SHORTEN, Vanessa appointedsecretary
- 2000-08-31➖COTTON, Brian Douglas Louis resignedsecretary
- 2000-05-05🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1996-08-14➕COTTON, Brian Douglas Louis appointedsecretary
- 1996-08-14➖WOOLNOUGH, Robert George resignedsecretary
- 1995-06-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1993-11-05➖GALVAN, Gillian resignedsecretary
- 1993-11-05➕WOOLNOUGH, Robert George appointedsecretary
- 1992-02-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1991-08-26➕GALVAN, Gillian appointedsecretary
- 1991-08-26➕STEEL, Diana Mary appointeddirector
- 1991-08-13➖CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1991-08-13➖CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1991-08-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ACC PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED
- 1991-08-12➕CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1991-08-12➕CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
48/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
Riverside House Dock Lane
Melton
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 1PE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12
Officers (5 active · 8 resigned)
Active
HUANG, Xuanzhuang→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2021-12-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LIU, Guanghan→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2016-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHORTEN, Vanessa→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2017-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, James John Bancroft→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2024-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COTTON, Brian Douglas Louis→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-08-14 · resigned 2000-08-31
GALVAN, Gillian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1991-08-26 · resigned 1993-11-05
WOOLNOUGH, Robert George→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1993-11-05 · resigned 1996-08-14
CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-08-12 · resigned 1991-08-13
LATHAM, Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2016-08-15 · resigned 2018-07-10
STEEL, Diana Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 1991-08-26 · resigned 2016-08-15
ZHANG, Yibing→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2016-08-15 · resigned 2019-11-01
CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-08-12 · resigned 1991-08-13
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 05/05/2000 | 15/08/2016 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 26/06/1995 | 21/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 05/02/1992 | 21/05/2009 |
Recent filings (115 total)
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AAMD
2025-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20