ACCOUNTS CENTER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04198971 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-11

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£13.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

69202Bookkeeping activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £13,036

Net assets shrinking

Down £16 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£13k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£14k

↓ 7.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£13.0k	£13.1k
Current assets	£14.2k	£15.4k
Net assets	£13.0k	£13.1k

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

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 (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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2024-01-10
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2023-01-10
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2022-01-12
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2021-02-15
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2020-01-16
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2019-01-11
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accounts · AA
2018-01-27
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accounts · AA
2017-01-23
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accounts · AA
2016-06-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-06-13
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officers · CH01
2016-01-23
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accounts · AA
2015-04-15
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2015-01-16
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accounts · AA
2002-12-24
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OREBANWO, Abiodun Olukayode appointed
director
2002-12-24
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KALIQAKUMAR, Baktavatchalam resigned
director
2001-04-11
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Company incorporated
As ACCOUNTS CENTER LIMITED
2001-04-11
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ENE, Bennett Nnakwue appointed
secretary
2001-04-11
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ENE, Bennett Nnakwue appointed
director
2001-04-11
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BLOOMSBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-04-11
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BLOOMSBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-04-11
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KALIQAKUMAR, Baktavatchalam appointed
director
2001-04-11
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BLOOMSBURY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-04-11
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BLOOMSBURY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

83/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bennett Nnakwue Ene Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	11/04/2017
Mr Abiodun Olukayode Orebanwo Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	11/04/2017

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

Incorporated2001-04-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

492 Gale Street

Dagenham

Essex

RM9 4NU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-25

Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ENE, Bennett Nnakwue→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-11

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Active

ENE, Bennett Nnakwue→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-04-11

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Active

OREBANWO, Abiodun Olukayode→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-12-24

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Active

BLOOMSBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2001-04-11

Resigned

KALIQAKUMAR, Baktavatchalam→

director · ~68y · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2002-12-24

Resigned

BLOOMSBURY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2001-04-11

Resigned

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