ACCOUTER LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04166643 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-23
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (2 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
71 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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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-24
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-23
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  14. 2015-05-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-02-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2004-02-10
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    LAMBERT, Hilary Richard Denny resigned
    secretary
  17. 2003-02-12
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    LAMBERT, Asuncion appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-06-01
    ➕
    LAMBERT, Hilary Richard Denny appointed
    director
  19. 2002-06-01
    ➖
    LEWIS, Jonathan Mark resigned
    director
  20. 2001-04-20
    ➕
    LAMBERT, Hilary Richard Denny appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-04-20
    ➕
    LEWIS, Jonathan Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2001-02-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUTER LIMITED
  23. 2001-02-23
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    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-02-23
    ➖
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-02-23
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    RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-02-23
    ➖
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hilary Richard Denny Lambert
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence23/02/2017

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
Incorporated2001-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Pearlman Rose Jack Dash House
2 Lawn House Close
London
E14 9YQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LAMBERT, Asuncion→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMBERT, Hilary Richard Denny→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMBERT, Hilary Richard Denny→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-20 · resigned 2004-02-10
Resigned
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-23 · resigned 2001-02-23
Resigned
LEWIS, Jonathan Mark→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-04-20 · resigned 2002-06-01
Resigned
RM NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-23 · resigned 2001-02-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-23