ACCOUNT & TAX ABILITY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03466811 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-17
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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not disclosed
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
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-07
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  3. 2024-01-13
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  4. 2022-12-27
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  5. 2022-01-06
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  6. 2021-04-07
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-23
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  8. 2019-01-09
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  9. 2018-01-02
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  10. 2017-01-07
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-02-05
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  12. 2016-01-13
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  13. 2015-01-02
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  14. 2014-12-23
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  15. 2014-01-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2004-06-01
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    ALEXANDER, Julie Ann appointed
    director
  17. 1997-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNT & TAX ABILITY LIMITED
  18. 1997-11-17
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Julie Ann appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-11-17
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Garry Edward appointed
    director
  20. 1997-11-17
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-11-17
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-11-17
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1997-11-17
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Garry Edward Alexander
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
50–75%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

7 Orchard Close
Woodbury
Exeter
EX5 1ND

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ALEXANDER, Julie Ann→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-17
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Active
ALEXANDER, Garry Edward→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-11-17
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Active
ALEXANDER, Julie Ann→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-06-01
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Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-17 · resigned 1997-11-17
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-17 · resigned 1997-11-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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2026-01-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-09