ACCOUNTANCY EXPERTISE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03256608 · ltd · incorporated 1996-09-30

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£39.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £39,556

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£40k

↑ 75% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↑ 114% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£45.9k	£37.2k
Current assets	£16.0k	£7.5k
Net assets	£39.6k	£22.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-06-30
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2024-06-30
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2023-06-28
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2022-05-25
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2021-03-14
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2020-03-18
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2019-04-09
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2018-01-21
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accounts · AA
2018-01-08
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officers · AP01
2018-01-08
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officers · TM01
2016-12-13
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accounts · AA
2016-06-22
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officers · CH01
2016-06-22
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officers · CH01
2016-06-22
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officers · CH03
2016-05-11
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address · AD01
2016-04-06
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STEWART, Jane appointed
director
2016-04-05
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DOREY, Marilyn Elizabeth resigned
director
2005-08-31
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DOREY, Kevin Robert appointed
secretary
2005-08-31
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DOREY, Maeve Geraldine resigned
secretary
2000-04-01
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DOREY, Marilyn Elizabeth appointed
director
1996-09-30
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Company incorporated
As ACCOUNTANCY EXPERTISE LIMITED
1996-09-30
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DOREY, Kevin Robert appointed
director
1996-09-30
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DOREY, Maeve Geraldine appointed
secretary
1996-09-30
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-09-30
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

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 60. Early succession window.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kevin Robert Dorey Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	—	75–100%	75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1996-09-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

7 Worsley Road

Southsea

Hampshire

PO5 3DY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-04

Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DOREY, Kevin Robert→

secretary · appointed 2005-08-31

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Active

DOREY, Kevin Robert→

director · ~60y · appointed 1996-09-30

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Active

STEWART, Jane→

director · ~55y · appointed 2016-04-06

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Active

DOREY, Maeve Geraldine→

secretary · appointed 1996-09-30 · resigned 2005-08-31

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-09-30 · resigned 1996-09-30

Resigned

DOREY, Marilyn Elizabeth→

director · ~51y · appointed 2000-04-01 · resigned 2016-04-05

Resigned

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