AKINS AND COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04460125 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-13

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	300	300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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2025-01-28
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2024-01-19
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2023-01-27
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2022-01-29
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2021-02-15
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2020-01-28
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2019-01-29
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2018-01-22
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2017-01-16
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2016-01-28
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2015-10-30
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2015-01-27
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2014-10-28
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2011-10-05
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AKINOLA, Samson Adeyemi appointed
director
2011-06-13
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AKINOLA, Racheal appointed
director
2011-06-13
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AKINOLA, Samson Adeyemi resigned
director
2010-06-13
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ONLINE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-06-14
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AKINOLA, Samson Adeyemi appointed
director
2007-05-31
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ONLINE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2002-06-13
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Company incorporated
As AKINS AND COMPANY LIMITED
2002-06-13
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ONLINE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-06-13
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ONLINE FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

81/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Samson Adeyemi Akinola Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	01/10/2016

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

Incorporated2002-06-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

7 George Street West

Luton

Bedfordshire

LU1 2BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-12

Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

AKINOLA, Racheal→

director · ~66y · appointed 2011-06-13

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Active

AKINOLA, Samson Adeyemi→

director · ~70y · appointed 2011-10-05

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Active

ONLINE REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-06-13 · resigned 2010-06-13

Resigned

AKINOLA, Samson Adeyemi→

director · ~70y · appointed 2007-06-14 · resigned 2011-06-13

Resigned

ONLINE FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2002-06-13 · resigned 2007-05-31

Resigned

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