ACCOLADE CORPORATE EVENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04373940 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-14
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£23.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £23,264

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£23k
Current Assets
£30k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£24.6k
Current assets£29.6k
Net assets£23.3k

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
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-16
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-06-06
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-05-29
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2026-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-07-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-03-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-01-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-01-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-05-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2010-12-31
    ➖
    CHAPMAN, Jane resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-07-10
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-07-10
    ➖
    HARRISON, Sara Jane resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-02-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCOLADE CORPORATE EVENTS LIMITED
  23. 2002-02-14
    ➕
    APPLEGATE, Mandy Veronika appointed
    director
  24. 2002-02-14
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Jane appointed
    director
  25. 2002-02-14
    ➕
    HARRISON, Sara Jane appointed
    secretary

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Ms Jane Chapman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Mandy Applegate
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
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
Incorporated2002-02-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Units 4&5 Rockfield Business Park
Old Station Drive
Cheltenham
Glos
GL53 0AN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

APPLEGATE, Mandy Veronika→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAPMAN, Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAPMAN, Jane→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-10 · resigned 2010-12-31
Resigned
HARRISON, Sara Jane→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-14 · resigned 2002-07-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-06-16
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-06-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14