ACCOUNTABILITY RECRUITMENT (SOUTH) LIMITED

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03327569 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£77.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 78200Temporary employment agency activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -59% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £77,107
Net assets shrinking
Down £88,296 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 59% YoY
Cash YoY
-59%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£83k
↓ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£77k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£83k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£44k£88k£132k£176k£221kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£88.5k£186.3k
Current assets£82.8k£220.5k
Cash£82.8k£199.8k
Debtors—£20.7k
Net assets£77.1k£165.4k

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
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. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-03
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  3. 2023-12-14
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  4. 2022-11-15
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  5. 2021-12-10
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  6. 2021-01-05
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  7. 2019-12-20
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  8. 2018-11-30
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  9. 2017-12-19
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  10. 2016-10-28
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  11. 2016-03-11
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  12. 2015-12-01
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  13. 2015-11-17
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  14. 2015-03-27
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  15. 2014-12-02
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  16. 2009-04-17
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    GODKIN, Kieran resigned
    secretary
  17. 2003-05-20
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    GODKIN, Kieran appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-12-31
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    CAMPBELL, Alison Jane resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-03-31
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    CAMPBELL, Alison Jane resigned
    director
  20. 1997-03-19
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    WILSON, Lisa appointed
    director
  21. 1997-03-19
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    CAMPBELL, Alison Jane appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-03-19
    ➖
    BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1997-03-19
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Alison Jane appointed
    director
  24. 1997-03-19
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    BLAKELAW DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 1997-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTABILITY RECRUITMENT (SOUTH) LIMITED
  26. 1997-03-04
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    BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1997-03-04
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    BLAKELAW DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — 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 63. 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
Ms Lisa Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence04/03/2017

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
Incorporated1997-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

The Old Workshop
34 Middle Street
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO5 4BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

WILSON, Lisa→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL, Alison Jane→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-19 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
GODKIN, Kieran→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2009-04-17
Resigned
BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 1997-03-19
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Alison Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 1997-03-19 · resigned 2001-03-31
Resigned
BLAKELAW DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1997-03-04 · resigned 1997-03-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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2025-12-23
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2024-12-03
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2024-03-13
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2023-12-14
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2023-03-13
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2022-11-15
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2022-03-04
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2021-12-10
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2021-03-24
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2021-01-05
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2020-03-06
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2019-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-06