ACCENT FRESH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03245048 · ltd · incorporated 1996-09-03

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£370.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 52103

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -45% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 24.6y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · IFRS

Positive net assets

Net assets £370,365

Net assets shrinking

Down £90,939 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 45% YoY

Cash YoY

-45%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£134k

↓ 45% YoY

Net Worth

£370k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£1.3m

↓ 4.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£970.4k	£1.11M
Current assets	£1.30M	£1.36M
Cash	£133.9k	£243.9k
Debtors	£1.02M	£982.7k
Net assets	£370.4k	£461.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
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SHORT, Chloe Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-05-09
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SHORT, Oliver Frederick John appointed
director
2024-05-09
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officers · AP01
2024-05-09
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officers · AP01
2024-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-21
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capital · SH01
2018-11-14
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mortgage · MR01
2018-10-31
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2018-05-21
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capital · SH01
2018-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2014-04-07
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BRADSHAW, Herbert Frank resigned
director
2014-04-07
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BRADSHAW, Janet Anne resigned
director
2014-04-06
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GRIFFITHS, Daniel William appointed
director
2014-03-31
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2002-11-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2001-11-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1997-05-21
➕
SHORT, Karen appointed
director
1996-09-03
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Company incorporated
As ACCENT FRESH LIMITED
1996-09-03
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SHORT, Karen appointed
secretary
1996-09-03
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SHORT, Stephen appointed
director
1996-09-03
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-09-03
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-09-03
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BRADSHAW, Herbert Frank appointed
director
1996-09-03
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BRADSHAW, Janet Anne appointed
director
1996-09-03
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-09-03
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SHORT, Chloe Elizabeth (same surname) appointed 2024-05-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen John Short Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	02/02/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Stephen John Shortceased 01/02/2026· 50-75% shares

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

Incorporated1996-09-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

St Johns Way

Saint Johns Business Est

Downham Market Kings Lynn

Norfolk

PE38 0QQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-12

Last: 2025-07-29