ACCURA IMAGING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02770917 · ltd · incorporated 1992-12-04
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-166.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £166,215

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£166k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£166k-£132k-£99k-£65k-£31k£3kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£317.5k£322.2k
Current assets£2.6k£2.9k
Net assets£-166.2k£-130.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-24
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  13. 2015-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-04-05
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    SHAH, Shahil resigned
    director
  17. 1993-03-03
    ➕
    SHAH, Neeshmal appointed
    secretary
  18. 1993-03-03
    ➕
    SHAH, Neeshmal appointed
    director
  19. 1993-03-03
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1993-03-03
    ➕
    SHAH, Shahil appointed
    director
  21. 1993-03-03
    ➖
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1992-12-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCURA IMAGING LIMITED
  23. 1992-12-04
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1992-12-04
    ➕
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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 Neeshmal Shah
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
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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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
Incorporated1992-12-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

1st Floor Unit C, Old Stratford Business Park Falcon Drive
Old Stratford
Milton Keynes
MK19 6FG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SHAH, Neeshmal→
secretary · appointed 1993-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAH, Neeshmal→
director · ~62y · appointed 1993-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-12-04 · resigned 1993-03-03
Resigned
SHAH, Shahil→
director · ~62y · appointed 1993-03-03 · resigned 2011-04-05
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-12-04 · resigned 1993-03-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
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accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-11