ACCEL CONSULTING LIMITED

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04546108 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-26
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£56.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 66). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.7y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £56,940
Cash YoY
+48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£30k
↑ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£57k
↑ 200% YoY
Current Assets
£205k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£43k£85k£128k£170k£213kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£56.9k£27.5k
Current assets£204.7k£213.1k
Cash£30.3k£20.5k
Debtors£174.4k£192.6k
Net assets£56.9k£19.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2025-11-25
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  3. 2024-09-30
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  4. 2023-09-21
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  5. 2023-06-29
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  6. 2023-06-29
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    Charge satisfied #2
  7. 2023-06-06
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    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2023-06-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2022-09-23
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  10. 2022-01-06
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  11. 2020-11-20
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  12. 2020-01-17
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  13. 2019-10-24
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  14. 2019-10-22
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  16. 2019-01-31
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  17. 2018-10-05
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  18. 2018-07-13
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    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2018-06-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  20. 2018-01-08
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    CHATFIELD, Brigid resigned
    secretary
  21. 2018-01-08
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  22. 2015-10-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  23. 2008-06-30
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    CHATFIELD, Brigid appointed
    secretary
  24. 2008-06-30
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    CHATFIELD, Raymond resigned
    secretary
  25. 2002-10-03
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  26. 2002-10-03
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  27. 2002-09-27
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    CHATFIELD, Gavin Richard appointed
    director
  28. 2002-09-27
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    CHATFIELD, Raymond appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-09-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCEL CONSULTING LIMITED
  30. 2002-09-26
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-09-26
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 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.)

Group structure

Manor Farm House Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Manor Farm House Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ACCEL CONSULTING LIMITED
This company · 04546108

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Manor Farm House Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting02/07/2019
Mr Gavin Richard Chatfield
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mrs Brigid Chatfield
Individual · Irish · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gavin Richard Chatfieldceased 02/07/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Brigid Chatfieldceased 30/06/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2002-09-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Preston Park House
South Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 6SB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

CHATFIELD, Gavin Richard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHATFIELD, Brigid→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-30 · resigned 2018-01-08
Resigned
CHATFIELD, Raymond→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-27 · resigned 2008-06-30
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2002-10-03
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2002-10-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—29/06/201829/06/2023
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/10/201506/06/2023

Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-06-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28