ACCELERATION SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04208404 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-30

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£338

book net assets

Opportunity

69/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed automotive with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.8y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 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

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

69/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £338

Net assets shrinking

Down £16,030 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£338

↓ 98% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

~ 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	£25.1k	£51.8k
Current assets	£6.1k	£6.1k
Net assets	£338	£16.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-11-21
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2025-01-21
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2024-01-30
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accounts · AA
2023-01-10
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accounts · AA
2022-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-22
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accounts · AA
2018-06-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-06-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-01-16
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accounts · AA
2016-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-05-31
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-26
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accounts · AA
2015-05-11
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-20
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accounts · AA
2007-08-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2003-07-18
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DICKINSON, Joanne Louise appointed
secretary
2003-07-18
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DICKINSON, Joanne Louise appointed
director
2003-07-18
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DICKINSON, Lee Michael appointed
director
2003-07-18
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JOHNSON, Jean resigned
secretary
2003-07-18
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JOHNSON, Ian Johnson resigned
director
2001-09-30
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JOHNSON, Jean appointed
secretary
2001-09-30
➖
MILLS, Terence Phillip resigned
secretary
2001-09-30
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MILLS, Terence Phillip resigned
director
2001-04-30
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Company incorporated
As ACCELERATION SERVICES LIMITED
2001-04-30
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MILLS, Terence Phillip appointed
secretary
2001-04-30
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DCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-04-30
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DCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-04-30
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JOHNSON, Ian Johnson appointed
director
2001-04-30
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MILLS, Terence Phillip appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-13

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Joanne Louise Dickinson Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/04/2018
Mr Lee Michael Dickinson Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-04-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

70 Mellor Street

Rochdale

Lancashire

OL12 6AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-13OVERDUE

Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DICKINSON, Joanne Louise→

secretary · appointed 2003-07-18

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Active

DICKINSON, Joanne Louise→

director · ~55y · appointed 2003-07-18

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Active

DICKINSON, Lee Michael→

director · ~55y · appointed 2003-07-18

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Active

JOHNSON, Jean→

secretary · appointed 2001-09-30 · resigned 2003-07-18

Resigned

MILLS, Terence Phillip→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2001-09-30

Resigned

DCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2001-04-30

Resigned

JOHNSON, Ian Johnson→

director · ~83y · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2003-07-18

Resigned

MILLS, Terence Phillip→

director · ~69y · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2001-09-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	07/08/2007	—

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