ACCEPT PROPERTIES LTD.

💤Zombieactive

03143324 · ltd · incorporated 1996-01-03

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.5y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-10-09
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2024-06-04
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2023-08-18
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2022-07-28
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accounts · AA
2021-10-18
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accounts · AA
2020-08-25
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2019-08-16
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accounts · AA
2018-09-27
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accounts · AA
2017-08-31
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accounts · AA
2016-09-09
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accounts · AA
2016-01-04
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2015-07-27
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accounts · AA
2015-01-05
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-01-03
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2009-06-30
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HIRST, Sarah Louise resigned
secretary
2004-12-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2004-11-09
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HIRST, Sarah Louise appointed
secretary
2004-11-09
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HULLAH, David Thomas resigned
secretary
1998-11-05
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SIMPSON, Peter resigned
director
1997-02-19
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SIMPSON, Peter appointed
director
1996-01-03
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Company incorporated
As ACCEPT PROPERTIES LTD.
1996-01-03
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SHAW, Russell Anthony appointed
director
1996-01-03
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HULLAH, David Thomas appointed
secretary
1996-01-03
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WAYNE, Harold appointed
nominee-secretary
1996-01-03
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WAYNE, Harold resigned
nominee-secretary
1996-01-03
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WAYNE, Yvonne appointed
nominee-director
1996-01-03
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WAYNE, Yvonne resigned
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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 64. 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Russell Anthony Shaw Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Incorporated1996-01-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Primrose Farm

Crossley Lane

Mirfield

West Yorkshire

WF14 0NR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-13

Last: 2025-12-30

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

SHAW, Russell Anthony→

director · ~64y · appointed 1996-01-03

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Active

HIRST, Sarah Louise→

secretary · appointed 2004-11-09 · resigned 2009-06-30

Resigned

HULLAH, David Thomas→

secretary · appointed 1996-01-03 · resigned 2004-11-09

Resigned

WAYNE, Harold→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-01-03 · resigned 1996-01-03

Resigned

SIMPSON, Peter→

director · ~64y · appointed 1997-02-19 · resigned 1998-11-05

Resigned

WAYNE, Yvonne→

nominee-director · ~46y · appointed 1996-01-03 · resigned 1996-01-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	03/12/2004	—

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