ACCORD C.A.D. SERVICES LTD.
🌳Matureactive
02967154 · ltd · incorporated 1994-09-13
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 9.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years 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 | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1200 | 1200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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 (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-05-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-10-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-09-05📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2019-09-05📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2019-09-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-29📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-04-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1996-11-01➕COULMAN, Ian Richard appointeddirector
- 1994-09-16➕COULMAN, Ian Richard appointedsecretary
- 1994-09-16➕SELOUS HODGES, Peter Michael appointeddirector
- 1994-09-16➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1994-09-16➖INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1994-09-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCORD C.A.D. SERVICES LTD.
- 1994-09-13➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1994-09-13➕INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- 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 32 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Peter Michael Selous Hodges Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/10/2024 |
Mr Ian Richard Coulman Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Peter Michael Selous Hodgesceased 25/11/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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
Incorporated1994-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities
Registered office
33 Bridge Street
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 8BN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
COULMAN, Ian Richard→
Activesecretary · appointed 1994-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COULMAN, Ian Richard→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 1996-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SELOUS HODGES, Peter Michael→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1994-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-09-13 · resigned 1994-09-16
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-09-13 · resigned 1994-09-16
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/04/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (98 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-05-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-17