ACCURATE ACCOUNTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02726746 · ltd · incorporated 1992-06-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
96 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.

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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

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£1£1£2£2Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£2£2
Debtors£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-03-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2016-06-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1999-03-15
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    GIBBENS, Helen Clare appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-03-15
    ➕
    WATERFIELD, William John appointed
    director
  19. 1999-03-15
    ➖
    STEELE, Bardara Jean resigned
    secretary
  20. 1999-03-15
    ➖
    STEELE, Bardara Jean resigned
    director
  21. 1999-03-15
    ➖
    STEELE, George resigned
    director
  22. 1992-06-29
    ➕
    STEELE, Bardara Jean appointed
    secretary
  23. 1992-06-29
    ➖
    SEMKEN LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1992-06-29
    ➕
    STEELE, Bardara Jean appointed
    director
  25. 1992-06-29
    ➕
    STEELE, George appointed
    director
  26. 1992-06-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCURATE ACCOUNTS LIMITED
  27. 1992-06-26
    ➕
    SEMKEN LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1992-06-26
    ➕
    LUFMER LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1992-06-21
    ➖
    LUFMER LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William John Waterfield
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Ground Floor, Custom House
Waterfront East
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 1XH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

GIBBENS, Helen Clare→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERFIELD, William John→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEELE, Bardara Jean→
secretary · appointed 1992-06-29 · resigned 1999-03-15
Resigned
SEMKEN LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-06-26 · resigned 1992-06-29
Resigned
STEELE, Bardara Jean→
director · ~84y · appointed 1992-06-29 · resigned 1999-03-15
Resigned
STEELE, George→
director · ~92y · appointed 1992-06-29 · resigned 1999-03-15
Resigned
LUFMER LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-06-26 · resigned 1992-06-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (96 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-02