ACCOUNTANCY AND SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04612767 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-09
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
£50.6k
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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
66 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 £50,624

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£51k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£28k
↓ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£30k£40k£51kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£50.6k£41.7k
Current assets£28.3k£29.3k
Net assets£50.6k£41.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-09-22
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-09-09
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    WRIGHT, Charlotte Anne appointed
    director
  5. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2023-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-25
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-19
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-09-04
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    DULLING, Janet resigned
    director
  14. 2019-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-21
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  16. 2017-05-16
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  17. 2016-09-05
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  18. 2002-12-18
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    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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  19. 2002-12-18
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    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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  20. 2002-12-13
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Janet appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-12-13
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Christopher Stephen appointed
    director
  22. 2002-12-13
    ➕
    DULLING, Janet appointed
    director
  23. 2002-12-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANCY AND SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  24. 2002-12-09
    ➕
    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-12-09
    ➕
    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WRIGHT, Charlotte Anne (same surname) appointed 2025-09-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Miss Charlotte Anne Wright
Individual · British · DOB 11/1984 · age 42
——sig. influencesignificant influence09/09/2025
Mr Christopher Stephen Wright
Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76
——sig. influencesignificant influence09/12/2016

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
Incorporated2002-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

217 Hallgate
Cottingham
East Yorkshire
HU16 4BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WRIGHT, Janet→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-13
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Active
WRIGHT, Charlotte Anne→
director · ~42y · appointed 2025-09-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Christopher Stephen→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-09 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned
DULLING, Janet→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-12-13 · resigned 2019-09-04
Resigned
ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-09 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04