ACCOMPLISHED CONTRACT SERVICES LTD.

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03486578 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-29
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£10.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81221Window cleaning services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,421
Net assets shrinking
Down £42,653 YoY
Cash YoY
+18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↑ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£10k
↓ 80% YoY
Current Assets
£629k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£142k£285k£427k£570k£712kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£40.7k£83.4k
Current assets£628.5k£711.9k
Cash£8.2k£6.9k
Debtors£612.2k£692.0k
Net assets£10.4k£53.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2025-09-23
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    HOOK, George appointed
    director
  4. 2025-09-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-09-22
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    HOOK, Billy appointed
    director
  6. 2025-09-22
    ➕
    HOOK, Charlie appointed
    director
  7. 2025-09-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-09-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-05-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-05-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2018-05-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2018-03-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  21. 2018-02-26
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    MARSH, Margot Jane resigned
    secretary
  22. 2014-04-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 1998-02-20
    ➕
    MARSH, Margot Jane appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-02-05
    ➖
    OVERELL, Alastair John resigned
    secretary
  25. 1997-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOMPLISHED CONTRACT SERVICES LTD.
  26. 1997-12-29
    ➕
    HOOK, Anthony Andrew appointed
    director
  27. 1997-12-29
    ➕
    HOOK, Maxine appointed
    director
  28. 1997-12-29
    ➕
    OVERELL, Alastair John appointed
    secretary
  29. 1997-12-29
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-12-29
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HOOK, Billy (same surname) appointed 2025-09-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Maxine Hook
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Anthony Andrew Hook
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

39 Unit 39, Acorn Industrial Estate
Crayford Road
Crayford
Kent
DA1 4AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

HOOK, Anthony Andrew→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOOK, Billy→
director · ~24y · appointed 2025-09-22
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Active
HOOK, Charlie→
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-09-22
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Active
HOOK, George→
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-09-23
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Active
HOOK, Maxine→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-12-29
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Active
MARSH, Margot Jane→
secretary · appointed 1998-02-20 · resigned 2018-02-26
Resigned
OVERELL, Alastair John→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-29 · resigned 1998-02-05
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-29 · resigned 1997-12-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—30/04/2014—
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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-06