ACCESSORY WORLD LTD
🌳Matureactive
04644878 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-22
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.83M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
55 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,832,559
Cash YoY
+98%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5.8m
↑ 98% YoY
Net Worth
£3.8m
↑ 9.7% YoY
Current Assets
£5.8m
↑ 90% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.93M | £3.59M |
| Current assets | £5.77M | £3.04M |
| Cash | £5.77M | £2.92M |
| Debtors | — | £119.2k |
| Net assets | £3.83M | £3.49M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-01-30📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2003-03-31➕MCDONALD, Patricia Ann appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-31➕MCDONALD, Anthony Shaun appointeddirector
- 2003-03-31➕MCDONALD, Patricia Ann appointeddirector
- 2003-01-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCESSORY WORLD LTD
- 2003-01-22➕COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-01-22➖COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-01-22➕COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY DIRECTORS LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-01-22➖COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY DIRECTORS LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 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.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Anthony Shaun Mcdonald Individual · British · DOB 04/1944 · age 82 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Patricia Ann Mcdonald Individual · British · DOB 02/1946 · age 80 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Trade services · SK postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A D D GARDENING SERVICES LIMITED→ 08156058 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| ABODE THE VILLAS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 15854298 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ABRAXA SERVICES LTD→ 06784799 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| ABSOLUTE POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 04756904 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| ABSOLUTELY GLEAMING LTD→ 05610458 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ABSONE1 LTD→ 13937623 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ABSTRACT COMMERCIAL SERVICES LTD→ 11032831 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ABSURD HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 11350753 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ACACIA CARS LTD→ 07300835 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| ACCOUNTABLE SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 16994819 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE LIMITED→ 16050611 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACE CARD PAYMENTS LIMITED→ 13127227 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 1 11 Eagle Parade
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 6EQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
MCDONALD, Patricia Ann→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDONALD, Anthony Shaun→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2003-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDONALD, Patricia Ann→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2003-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-22 · resigned 2003-01-22
COUNTRYWIDE COMPANY DIRECTORS LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-22 · resigned 2003-01-22
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (55 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-31