ACCURATE SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03519725 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-02

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£46

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

72110Research and experimental development on biotechnology
74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £46

Cash draining

Cash down 47% YoY

Cash YoY

-47%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£8k

↓ 47% YoY

Net Worth

£46

↑ 820% YoY

Current Assets

£43k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.2k	£1.3k
Current assets	£42.5k	£54.5k
Cash	£8.3k	£15.5k
Debtors	£34.3k	£39.0k
Net assets	£46	£5

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-11-25
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2022-10-26
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2021-09-14
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2020-12-18
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2019-12-19
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2018-12-10
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2017-12-15
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2016-12-16
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2016-03-15
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2015-12-03
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2015-03-20
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2014-12-09
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2014-03-27
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1998-03-10
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HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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1998-03-10
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HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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1998-03-03
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MARSHALL, Jane Dolores appointed
secretary
1998-03-03
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MARSHALL, Jane Dolores appointed
director
1998-03-03
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MARSHALL, Richard Oliver John appointed
director
1998-03-02
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Company incorporated
As ACCURATE SYSTEMS LIMITED
1998-03-02
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HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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1998-03-02
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HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Oliver John Marshall Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Jane Dolores Marshall Individual · Irish · DOB 12/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% 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

Incorporated1998-03-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

1 Boytons Acre

Saffron Walden

Essex

CB11 4FS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-16

Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MARSHALL, Jane Dolores→

secretary · appointed 1998-03-03

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Active

MARSHALL, Jane Dolores→

director · ~55y · appointed 1998-03-03

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Active

MARSHALL, Richard Oliver John→

director · ~57y · appointed 1998-03-03

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Active

HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-02 · resigned 1998-03-10

Resigned

HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-02 · resigned 1998-03-10

Resigned

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