ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LONDON LTD

🌳Matureactive
03598909 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-16
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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year to Mar 2025
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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
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
82 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees900600

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-07-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2020-08-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-08-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2020-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-06-10
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    ANWAR, Asif appointed
    director
  15. 2018-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2018-04-18
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    ANWAR, Asif resigned
    secretary
  18. 2017-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2010-01-31
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    ANWAR, Asif appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-01-31
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    YUSSOUF, Amid Din resigned
    secretary
  21. 1998-09-30
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    YUSSOUF, Falak appointed
    director
  22. 1998-09-30
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    JOHNSTON, John Joseph resigned
    secretary
  23. 1998-09-30
    ➕
    YUSSOUF, Amid Din appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-09-30
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    MURPHY, Fachtna resigned
    director
  25. 1998-07-23
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    JOHNSTON, John Joseph appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-07-23
    ➕
    MURPHY, Fachtna appointed
    director
  27. 1998-07-22
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-07-22
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1998-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LONDON LTD
  30. 1998-07-16
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1998-07-16
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Asif Anwar
Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/06/2019
Mr Falak Yussouf
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/06/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Falak Yussoufceased 21/06/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1998-07-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Suite 401-402 Cumberland House
80 Scrubs Lane
London
NW10 6RF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-05
Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

ANWAR, Asif→
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YUSSOUF, Falak→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANWAR, Asif→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-31 · resigned 2018-04-18
Resigned
JOHNSTON, John Joseph→
secretary · appointed 1998-07-23 · resigned 1998-09-30
Resigned
YUSSOUF, Amid Din→
secretary · appointed 1998-09-30 · resigned 2010-01-31
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-16 · resigned 1998-07-22
Resigned
MURPHY, Fachtna→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-07-23 · resigned 1998-09-30
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-07-16 · resigned 1998-07-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-08-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-08-05