ACCOUNTS & TAX ONLINE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03849628 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-28

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 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

6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-25
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accounts · AA
2024-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-07-16
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accounts · AAMD
2019-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-05-05
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officers · TM01
2018-04-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-04-15
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CARNEY, Bernard resigned
director
2018-04-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-04-15
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-04-15
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officers · AP01
2018-04-14
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CULLINGWORTH, Robert appointed
director
2015-06-01
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CARNEY, Bernard appointed
director
2015-06-01
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CULLINGWORTH, Scott Matthew resigned
director
2010-01-14
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CULLINGWORTH, Louisa Simone resigned
secretary
2006-06-19
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CULLINGWORTH, Gwendoline Margaret resigned
director
2006-04-20
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CULLINGWORTH, Louisa Simone appointed
secretary
2006-04-20
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CULLINGWORTH, Scott Matthew resigned
secretary
2004-10-01
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CULLINGWORTH, Scott Matthew appointed
director
1999-09-28
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Company incorporated
As ACCOUNTS & TAX ONLINE LIMITED
1999-09-28
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CULLINGWORTH, Scott Matthew appointed
secretary
1999-09-28
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CULLINGWORTH, Gwendoline Margaret appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Cullingworth Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	14/04/2018

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Scott Matthew Cullingworthceased 14/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Miss Louisa Cullingworthceased 14/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-09-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

5 Park Street

Ambleside

LA22 9AH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-12

Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

CULLINGWORTH, Robert→

director · ~75y · appointed 2018-04-14

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Active

CULLINGWORTH, Louisa Simone→

secretary · appointed 2006-04-20 · resigned 2010-01-14

Resigned

CULLINGWORTH, Scott Matthew→

secretary · appointed 1999-09-28 · resigned 2006-04-20

Resigned

CARNEY, Bernard→

director · ~76y · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2018-04-15

Resigned

CULLINGWORTH, Gwendoline Margaret→

director · ~76y · appointed 1999-09-28 · resigned 2006-06-19

Resigned

CULLINGWORTH, Scott Matthew→

director · ~42y · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2015-06-01

Resigned

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