ACCOUNTANCY UK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04513986 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.8k
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
61 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 £4,767

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
Current Assets
£16k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£6k£10k£13k£16kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.8k—
Current assets£16.1k—
Net assets£4.8k—
Average employees—100

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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  3. 2023-12-27
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  4. 2023-12-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-01-27
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  6. 2022-03-09
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  7. 2021-03-29
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  8. 2020-04-13
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  9. 2019-12-23
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    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-01-29
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  11. 2017-12-28
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  12. 2016-12-31
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  13. 2016-06-06
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  14. 2016-03-30
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  15. 2015-12-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2009-03-01
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    CULLY, Julie Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  17. 2003-03-04
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    CULLY, Douglas Hastings appointed
    director
  18. 2003-03-04
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    CULLY, Julie Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-08-20
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-08-20
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2002-08-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANCY UK LIMITED
  22. 2002-08-19
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-08-19
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Douglas Hastings Cully
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence01/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-08-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

244 New Church Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 4EB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

CULLY, Douglas Hastings→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CULLY, Julie Kathleen→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2009-03-01
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-19 · resigned 2002-08-20
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-19 · resigned 2002-08-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-12-23