ACCOUNTPRO SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04288504 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-17

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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 (68/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

78 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-06-23
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accounts · AA01
2025-09-19
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accounts · AA
2025-06-19
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2024-06-26
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-27
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accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-19
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accounts · AA
2020-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-04-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-09-28
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accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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accounts · AA01
2018-11-20
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officers · CH03
2018-11-20
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officers · CH01
2018-11-20
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address · AD01
2011-10-26
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UDANI, Paresh appointed
director
2011-10-26
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UDANI, Paresh resigned
director
2001-09-17
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Company incorporated
As ACCOUNTPRO SERVICES LIMITED
2001-09-17
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UDANI, Sushma appointed
secretary
2001-09-17
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BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointed
nominee-secretary
2001-09-17
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BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
nominee-secretary
2001-09-17
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UDANI, Paresh appointed
director
2001-09-17
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BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-09-17
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BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paresh Udani Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-09-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Suite 147, Stanmore House 28a Church Road

Stanmore

Middlesex

HA7 4AW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-01

Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

UDANI, Sushma→

secretary · appointed 2001-09-17

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Active

UDANI, Paresh→

director · ~67y · appointed 2011-10-26

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Active

BHARDWAJ, Ashok→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-17 · resigned 2001-09-17

Resigned

UDANI, Paresh→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-09-17 · resigned 2011-10-26

Resigned

BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-17 · resigned 2001-09-17

Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2026-06-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-09-19

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-06-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-26

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-06-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-18

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2023-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-27