ACE ACCOUNTANCY BUREAU LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03850846 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-30
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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: high (80/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
73 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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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 employees00

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2023-03-30
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  5. 2022-03-30
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  6. 2021-03-31
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  7. 2019-12-23
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  8. 2018-12-20
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  9. 2017-12-22
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  10. 2016-12-29
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  11. 2015-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-19
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  13. 2014-12-31
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  14. 2014-10-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2013-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-09-30
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    SMITH, Norman resigned
    director
  17. 2004-10-22
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    RAVAT, Fazal appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-10-22
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    SMITH, Norman resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-11-01
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    CHISAM, Trisha Anne resigned
    director
  20. 2001-12-17
    ➕
    CHISAM, Trisha Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2000-12-20
    ➖
    RAVAT, Fazal resigned
    secretary
  22. 2000-12-19
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    SMITH, Norman appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-12-19
    ➕
    SMITH, Norman appointed
    director
  24. 2000-05-30
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    LETCHUMANAN, Anthony Maran appointed
    director
  25. 2000-05-30
    ➕
    RAVAT, Fazal appointed
    secretary
  26. 1999-10-04
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-10-04
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  28. 1999-09-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE ACCOUNTANCY BUREAU LIMITED
  29. 1999-09-30
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1999-09-30
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Anthony Maran Letchumanan
Individual · Malaysian · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/09/2016

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
Incorporated1999-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

343 City Road
London
EC1V 1LR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

RAVAT, Fazal→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LETCHUMANAN, Anthony Maran→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAVAT, Fazal→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-30 · resigned 2000-12-20
Resigned
SMITH, Norman→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-19 · resigned 2004-10-22
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-30 · resigned 1999-10-04
Resigned
CHISAM, Trisha Anne→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-12-17 · resigned 2002-11-01
Resigned
SMITH, Norman→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-12-19 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-30 · resigned 1999-10-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-20