ACCOUNTANCY TAXATION AND SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03162010 · ltd · incorporated 1996-02-20
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 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
72 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2024-06-07
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  3. 2023-12-04
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  4. 2022-12-05
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  5. 2021-12-11
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  6. 2021-01-19
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  7. 2019-12-16
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  8. 2018-12-24
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  9. 2017-12-03
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  10. 2016-12-19
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  11. 2016-03-12
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  12. 2015-12-04
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  13. 2015-05-01
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  14. 2014-10-21
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  15. 2014-03-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-02-20
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    SAHNI, Barinder Singh appointed
    director
  17. 2008-09-01
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    SAHNI, Barinder Singh resigned
    director
  18. 2003-05-19
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    SAHNI, Barinder Singh appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-05-19
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    HAMPSTEAD ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-05-19
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    SAHNI, Barinder Singh appointed
    director
  21. 1996-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANCY TAXATION AND SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 1996-02-20
    ➕
    SAHNI, Preminder appointed
    director
  23. 1996-02-20
    ➕
    SAHNI, Lilly Preminder appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-02-20
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    SAHNI, Lilly Preminder resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1996-02-20
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    HAMPSTEAD ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1996-02-20
    ➕
    HAMPSTEAD ACCOUNTANTS LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1996-02-20
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    HAMPSTEAD ACCOUNTANTS LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barinder Singh Sahni
Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2016

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
Incorporated1996-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

55 Maresfield Gardens
Hampstead
London
NW3 5TE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SAHNI, Barinder Singh→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-19
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Active
SAHNI, Barinder Singh→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-02-20
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Active
SAHNI, Preminder→
director · ~74y · appointed 1996-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAHNI, Lilly Preminder→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-02-20 · resigned 1996-02-20
Resigned
HAMPSTEAD ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-02-20 · resigned 2003-05-19
Resigned
SAHNI, Barinder Singh→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-05-19 · resigned 2008-09-01
Resigned
HAMPSTEAD ACCOUNTANTS LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-02-20 · resigned 1996-02-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
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accounts · AA
2021-01-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-23