ACCOUNTANTS PLUS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04050934 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£86.1k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
70 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £86,114

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£23k
Net Worth
£86k
Current Assets
£145k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£29k£58k£87k£116k£145kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£89.5k—
Current assets£144.9k—
Cash£23.4k—
Debtors£121.5k—
Net assets£86.1k—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-07
    ➕
    JOHN, Debra appointed
    director
  2. 2025-11-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-09-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-08-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-11-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-20
    ➕
    JOHN, Debra appointed
    secretary
  15. 2018-08-20
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2017-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-11-07
    ➖
    LLOYD, Naomi Anne resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-10-31
    ➖
    FAIRGRIEVE, Peter Lloyd resigned
    director
  20. 2005-07-01
    ➕
    JOHN, Gareth Ivor appointed
    director
  21. 2004-08-18
    ➖
    HINCHLY, Cathrin resigned
    secretary
  22. 2004-08-18
    ➕
    LLOYD, Naomi Anne appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-08-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANTS PLUS LIMITED
  24. 2000-08-10
    ➕
    HINCHLY, Cathrin appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-08-10
    ➕
    BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2000-08-10
    ➖
    BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2000-08-10
    ➕
    FAIRGRIEVE, Peter Lloyd appointed
    director
  28. 2000-08-10
    ➕
    NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2000-08-10
    ➖
    NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mrs Debra John
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting09/01/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gareth Ivor Johnceased 09/01/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2000-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

8 Tyntyla Park
Llwynypia
Tonypandy
CF40 2SW
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

JOHN, Debra→
secretary · appointed 2018-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHN, Debra→
director · ~68y · appointed 2025-11-07
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Active
JOHN, Gareth Ivor→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HINCHLY, Cathrin→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-10 · resigned 2004-08-18
Resigned
LLOYD, Naomi Anne→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-18 · resigned 2011-11-07
Resigned
BUSINESS ASSIST LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-08-10 · resigned 2000-08-10
Resigned
FAIRGRIEVE, Peter Lloyd→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-08-10 · resigned 2007-10-31
Resigned
NEWCO FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2000-08-10 · resigned 2000-08-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-07