ACTIVE ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED

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03045048 · ltd · incorporated 1995-04-11
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£1.25M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does

Despite its name suggesting accountancy, this appears to be a small holding or investment vehicle — likely managing a mix of financial services support, property transactions, and consultancy activity, though the total-exemption filings and mixed SIC codes suggest limited operational scale.

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
79 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,251,878
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£885k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£923k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£250k£501k£751k£1.0m£1.3mOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-012024-10-01
Total assets£1.26M£1.14M
Current assets£922.6k£897.4k
Cash£884.5k£834.5k
Debtors£38.1k£62.9k
Net assets£1.25M£1.13M

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-04
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-06
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-04-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-06-24
    ➕
    MCINMAN, Victor Mark appointed
    director
  17. 1995-04-24
    ➕
    MCINMAN, Victor Mark appointed
    secretary
  18. 1995-04-24
    ➕
    MCINMAN, Karen Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 1995-04-24
    ➖
    L.O. NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1995-04-24
    ➖
    L.O.DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1995-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED
  22. 1995-04-11
    ➕
    L.O. NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1995-04-11
    ➕
    L.O.DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Karen Elizabeth Mcinman
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Victor Mark Mcinman
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated1995-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Sandall House
230 High Street
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 5AX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-01
Last made up to: 2025-10-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCINMAN, Victor Mark→
secretary · appointed 1995-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINMAN, Karen Elizabeth→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINMAN, Victor Mark→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
L.O. NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-04-11 · resigned 1995-04-24
Resigned
L.O.DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-04-11 · resigned 1995-04-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-03