ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03965083 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-05

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

69202Bookkeeping activities
69203Tax consultancy

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 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

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	300	300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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SMITH, Elliot James appointed
director
2020-11-30
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SMITH, Jennifer Anne resigned
secretary
2020-11-30
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SMITH, Terence Albert resigned
director
2020-11-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-11-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-30
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officers · TM01
2020-11-30
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officers · AP01
2020-11-30
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-04-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2000-04-05
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Company incorporated
As ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
2000-04-05
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SMITH, Jennifer Anne appointed
secretary
2000-04-05
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-04-05
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-04-05
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SMITH, Terence Albert appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Elliot James Smith Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	30/11/2020

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Terence Albert Smithceased 30/11/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Mr Elliot James Smithceased 23/03/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest

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

Incorporated2000-04-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Unit 6 Cooksoe Farm

Chicheley

Newport Pagnell

Buckinghamshire

MK16 9JP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-19

Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Elliot James→

director · ~56y · appointed 2020-11-30

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SMITH, Jennifer Anne→

secretary · appointed 2000-04-05 · resigned 2020-11-30

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-05 · resigned 2000-04-05

Resigned

SMITH, Terence Albert→

director · ~84y · appointed 2000-04-05 · resigned 2020-11-30

Resigned

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