ACCORD ACCOUNTANTS - CHANDLERS FORD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04394662 · 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
£156.3k
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 (81/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
64 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 £156,313

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£156k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£203k
↑ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£41k£81k£122k£163k£203kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£156.3k£116.2k
Current assets£203.3k£193.0k
Net assets£156.3k£116.2k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-01-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2026-01-03
    ➖
    BARR, Angela Martha resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-04-06
    ➕
    COLLINGS, Kay Ruth appointed
    director
  9. 2023-12-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-03-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-11-30
    ➖
    HIRE, Quenton Anthony Ashton resigned
    director
  19. 2011-09-28
    ➕
    HIRE, Quenton Anthony Ashton appointed
    director
  20. 2002-11-30
    ➕
    MILNER, Charles Albert appointed
    director
  21. 2002-11-30
    ➕
    BARR, Angela Martha appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-11-30
    ➖
    ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2002-11-30
    ➖
    ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2002-03-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCORD ACCOUNTANTS - CHANDLERS FORD LIMITED
  25. 2002-03-14
    ➕
    ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Albert Milner
Individual · British · DOB 12/1942 · age 84
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/06/2016

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

Registered office

130 Bournemouth Road Chandlers Ford
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO53 3AL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

COLLINGS, Kay Ruth→
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILNER, Charles Albert→
director · ~84y · appointed 2002-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARR, Angela Martha→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-30 · resigned 2026-01-03
Resigned
ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-03-14 · resigned 2002-11-30
Resigned
HIRE, Quenton Anthony Ashton→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-09-28 · resigned 2014-11-30
Resigned
ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-03-14 · resigned 2002-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21