ACCOUNTANCY & TAX ADVISERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04083171 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-04
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 Oct 2024
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
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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 (79/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
63 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees200300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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  2. 2024-10-21
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  3. 2024-07-29
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  4. 2023-07-12
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  5. 2022-07-25
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  6. 2021-10-23
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  7. 2020-10-28
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  8. 2019-07-27
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  9. 2019-07-09
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  10. 2018-07-14
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  11. 2017-07-14
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  12. 2016-07-28
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  13. 2015-10-04
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  14. 2015-07-24
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  15. 2000-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANCY & TAX ADVISERS LIMITED
  16. 2000-10-04
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    JONES, Susan appointed
    secretary
  17. 2000-10-04
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    JONES, Richard Wynne appointed
    director
  18. 2000-10-04
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    CHILDS, Maureen Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-10-04
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    CHILDS, Maureen Anne resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-10-04
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    CHILDS, Maureen Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2000-10-04
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    CHILDS, Maureen Anne resigned
    director
  22. 2000-10-04
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    PAYNE, Brian John appointed
    director
  23. 2000-10-04
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    PAYNE, Brian John resigned
    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 79 — 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 79 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Wynne Jones
Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Jones
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
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
Incorporated2000-10-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

1 High Street Mews
Wimbledon Village
London
SW19 7RG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JONES, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-04
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Active
JONES, Richard Wynne→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-10-04
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Active
CHILDS, Maureen Anne→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-04 · resigned 2000-10-04
Resigned
CHILDS, Maureen Anne→
director · ~90y · appointed 2000-10-04 · resigned 2000-10-04
Resigned
PAYNE, Brian John→
director · ~82y · appointed 2000-10-04 · resigned 2000-10-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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2026-03-31
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2025-07-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2024-10-21
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accounts · AA01
2024-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-31
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accounts · AA
2023-07-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2022-07-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
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accounts · AA
2020-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-27