ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES (UK) LTD

💤Zombieactive
03980100 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-26
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
75 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-06-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-04-12
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    YUSSOUF, Falak resigned
    secretary
  17. 2012-04-11
    ➖
    YUSSOUF, Falak resigned
    director
  18. 2006-05-10
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    YUSSOUF, Falak appointed
    director
  19. 2004-02-11
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    PATEL, Balvantrai resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-10
    ➕
    YUSSOUF, Falak appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-05-03
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-05-03
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  23. 2000-04-27
    ➕
    YUSSOUF, Amid appointed
    director
  24. 2000-04-27
    ➕
    PATEL, Balvantrai appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES (UK) LTD
  26. 2000-04-26
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-04-26
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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 66 — 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 66. 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Amid Din Yussouf
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/04/2017

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
Incorporated2000-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

401 Cumberland House 80 Scrubs Lane
London
NW10 6RF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

YUSSOUF, Amid→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Balvantrai→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-27 · resigned 2004-02-11
Resigned
YUSSOUF, Falak→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-10 · resigned 2012-04-12
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2000-05-03
Resigned
YUSSOUF, Falak→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-05-10 · resigned 2012-04-11
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2000-05-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-25