ACCORD ACCOUNTANTS - HAMPTON HILL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04394656 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-14
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£460.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £460,470

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£460k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£386k
↑ 1.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£92k£184k£276k£368k£460kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£588.1k£430.0k
Current assets£385.6k£378.9k
Net assets£460.5k£409.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-27
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  4. 2023-09-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-30
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  8. 2019-12-31
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  9. 2018-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-03
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2018-04-01
    ➖
    OPPENHEIM, Karl resigned
    director
  12. 2017-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-06
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    address · AD01
  14. 2016-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-10-12
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    OPPENHEIM, Karl appointed
    director
  17. 2009-10-01
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    ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    GRAYSTON, James John appointed
    director
  19. 2003-02-01
    ➕
    MILNER, Charles Albert appointed
    director
  20. 2003-02-01
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    ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2002-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCORD ACCOUNTANTS - HAMPTON HILL LIMITED
  22. 2002-03-14
    ➕
    ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2002-03-14
    ➕
    ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 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
Mr James Grayston
Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/04/2018
Mr Charles Milner
Individual · British · DOB 12/1942 · age 84
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/02/2017

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
Incorporated2002-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

191-193 High Street
Hampton Hill
Hampton
TW12 1NL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GRAYSTON, James John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILNER, Charles Albert→
director · ~84y · appointed 2003-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-03-14 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned
OPPENHEIM, Karl→
director · ~47y · appointed 2011-10-12 · resigned 2018-04-01
Resigned
ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-03-14 · resigned 2003-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-31