ACCOUNTING EQUATIONS LTD
🌳Matureactive
04407017 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-30
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 2026
Net worth
£303.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
75 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 £303,663
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£304k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£292k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2026-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £303.7k | £239.7k |
| Current assets | £291.7k | £245.6k |
| Net assets | £303.7k | £239.7k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-04-07➕BOOL, Louise Sarah appointeddirector
- 2019-03-04➖BOOL, Louise Sarah resigneddirector
- 2019-03-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-03-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-01➕BOOL, Jack Ernest appointedsecretary
- 2015-06-01➖BOOL, Louise Sarah resignedsecretary
- 2015-06-01➕BOOL, Louise Sarah appointeddirector
- 2015-06-01➖BOOL, Louise Sarah resigneddirector
- 2011-08-10➕BOOL, Louise Sarah appointedsecretary
- 2011-08-10➕BOOL, Louise Sarah appointeddirector
- 2008-04-06➖BOOL, Louise resignedsecretary
- 2002-03-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCOUNTING EQUATIONS LTD
- 2002-03-30➕BOOL, James Jack Brent appointeddirector
- 2002-03-30➕BOOL, Louise appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Louise Sarah Bool Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 02/01/2022 |
Mr James Jack Brent Bool Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/08/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Sarah Louise Boolceased 04/03/2019· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
The Willows Links Road
Gorleston
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR31 6JR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
BOOL, James Jack Brent→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2002-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOOL, Louise Sarah→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2019-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOOL, Louise Sarah→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-08-10 · resigned 2015-06-01
BOOL, Louise→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-03-30 · resigned 2008-04-06
BOOL, Louise Sarah→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2019-03-04
BOOL, Louise Sarah→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2011-08-10 · resigned 2015-06-01
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Recent filings (75 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-23