ACM ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04421879 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-22
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
£499.7k
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
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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 (77/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £499,702

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£500k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£564k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£113k£225k£338k£451k£564kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£499.7k£434.5k
Current assets£563.7k£500.0k
Net assets£499.7k£434.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-10-07
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  3. 2023-09-12
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  4. 2022-05-29
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  5. 2021-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-27
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    officers · TM02
  7. 2021-12-16
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    MAKEY, Andrew Colin resigned
    secretary
  8. 2020-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-22
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  10. 2018-12-18
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  11. 2017-11-12
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  12. 2016-09-25
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-01
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  14. 2015-11-05
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-11-27
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ACM ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED
  18. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    MAKEY, Andrew Colin appointed
    director
  19. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    MAKEY, Carla Davina appointed
    director
  20. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    MAKEY, Andrew Colin appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-04-22
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-04-22
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-04-22
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-04-22
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-04-22
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-04-22
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 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
Mr Andrew Colin Makey
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mrs Carla Davina Makey
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

5 Crescent Parade
Ripon
North Yorkshire
HG4 2JE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MAKEY, Andrew Colin→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAKEY, Carla Davina→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAKEY, Andrew Colin→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2021-12-16
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-22