ACCUTUM SYSTEMS LTD

💤Zombieactive

04023309 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-23

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£166.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £166,002

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,292 YoY

Cash YoY

+123%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£137k

↑ 123% YoY

Net Worth

£166k

↓ 2.5% YoY

Current Assets

£137k

↑ 123% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£166.0k	£170.3k
Current assets	£136.8k	£61.3k
Cash	£136.8k	£61.3k
Net assets	£166.0k	£170.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-20
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accounts · AA
2025-03-29
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accounts · AA
2024-03-24
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accounts · AA
2023-03-28
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accounts · AA
2022-03-21
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accounts · AA
2021-03-24
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accounts · AA
2020-03-22
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accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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accounts · AA
2018-04-03
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ABBI, Karen Jane resigned
director
2018-04-03
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officers · TM01
2018-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-07-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-07-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-09
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-26
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accounts · AA
2000-06-23
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Company incorporated
As ACCUTUM SYSTEMS LTD
2000-06-23
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ABBI, Robin Ranjan appointed
secretary
2000-06-23
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ABBI, Robin Ranjan appointed
director
2000-06-23
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-06-23
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-06-23
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ABBI, Karen Jane appointed
director
2000-06-23
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-06-23
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Karen Jane Abbi Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Robin Ranjan Abbi Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-06-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

29 Sunnycroft

Downley

High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

HP13 5UQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-07

Last: 2026-06-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ABBI, Robin Ranjan→

secretary · appointed 2000-06-23

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Active

ABBI, Robin Ranjan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2000-06-23

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-23 · resigned 2000-06-23

Resigned

ABBI, Karen Jane→

director · ~63y · appointed 2000-06-23 · resigned 2018-04-03

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-23 · resigned 2000-06-23

Resigned

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