ACCOUNTING ANGELS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03953135 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-21
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-01-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-12-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-11-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-07-01
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2024-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-16
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2018-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-01-01
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    LEE, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-01-01
    ➕
    LEE, Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2002-01-01
    ➖
    PITCHES, David John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-01-01
    ➖
    BETTLEY, Terence resigned
    director
  20. 2000-05-20
    ➕
    PITCHES, David John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-05-20
    ➖
    WHITEHURST, Joanne resigned
    secretary
  22. 2000-04-01
    ➕
    BETTLEY, Terence appointed
    director
  23. 2000-04-01
    ➖
    MACKINDER, Gavin John resigned
    director
  24. 2000-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTING ANGELS LIMITED
  25. 2000-03-21
    ➕
    WHITEHURST, Joanne appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-03-21
    ➕
    MACKINDER, Gavin John appointed
    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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elaine Lee
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/03/2018
Mr Robert Lee
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

46 Broadway
Swinton
Mexborough
South Yorkshire
S64 8HF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LEE, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEE, Robert→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PITCHES, David John→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-20 · resigned 2002-01-01
Resigned
WHITEHURST, Joanne→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-21 · resigned 2000-05-20
Resigned
BETTLEY, Terence→
director · ~92y · appointed 2000-04-01 · resigned 2002-01-01
Resigned
MACKINDER, Gavin John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-03-21 · resigned 2000-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-26
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31