ACCOUNTANCY WORLD LIMITED

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04693969 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-12
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
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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
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees100100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-30
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  3. 2024-03-20
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  4. 2023-03-29
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  5. 2022-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-01
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    officers · AP03
  7. 2021-12-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2021-11-30
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    WHITEHOUSE, Graham John appointed
    secretary
  9. 2021-11-30
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    DALTON, Andrew David resigned
    secretary
  10. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-30
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  12. 2019-03-30
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  13. 2018-03-29
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  14. 2017-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-15
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  17. 2016-03-15
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  18. 2003-03-14
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  19. 2003-03-14
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  20. 2003-03-13
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    WHITEHOUSE, Graham John appointed
    director
  21. 2003-03-13
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    DALTON, Andrew David appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANCY WORLD LIMITED
  23. 2003-03-12
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-03-12
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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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 65 — 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 65. 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 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

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 Graham John Whitehouse
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

42 Marsh Green Road
Elworth
Sandbach
CW11 3BQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WHITEHOUSE, Graham John→
secretary · appointed 2021-11-30
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Active
WHITEHOUSE, Graham John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-03-13
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Active
DALTON, Andrew David→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2021-11-30
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-12 · resigned 2003-03-14
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-12 · resigned 2003-03-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-12-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-30