ACCENT IT CONSULTING LTD

💤Zombieactive
03939396 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-03
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
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-2.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,128

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£2k
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£2k-£2k-£2k-£2k-£2k-£2kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£-2.1k£-2.1k
Net assets£-2.1k£-2.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2020-03-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2000-03-06
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  17. 2000-03-06
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  18. 2000-03-04
    SUTTON, Charles appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-03-04
    SUTTON, Martin Charles appointed
    director
  20. 2000-03-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCENT IT CONSULTING LTD
  21. 2000-03-03
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-03-03
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 26 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.)

Group structure

St Gregory Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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St Gregory Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ACCENT IT CONSULTING LTD
This company · 03939396

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
St Gregory Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares14/12/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Martin Charles Suttonceased 14/12/2019· 75-100% shares

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

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

22 Brand Hill Drive
Crofton
Wakefield
WF4 1PB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SUTTON, Charles
secretary · appointed 2000-03-04
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Active
SUTTON, Martin Charles
director · ~47y · appointed 2000-03-04
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-03 · resigned 2000-03-06
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-03 · resigned 2000-03-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-03-03