ACCSTAX CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04714144 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-27
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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  2. 2024-12-31
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2022-12-13
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  5. 2021-12-13
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  6. 2021-01-04
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  7. 2019-12-20
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  8. 2018-12-22
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  9. 2017-12-21
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  10. 2017-05-04
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2016-12-29
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  12. 2016-05-15
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    CHADWICK, Gillian resigned
    director
  13. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-31
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  15. 2015-08-20
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2015-04-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-04-01
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    BELLIS, Dawn Janette appointed
    director
  18. 2012-03-31
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    CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip appointed
    director
  19. 2012-03-31
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    CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-04-04
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    CHADWICK, Gillian resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-04-04
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    CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-03-29
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    CHADWICK, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-03-29
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    CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip resigned
    secretary
  24. 2006-03-29
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    CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip resigned
    director
  25. 2003-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCSTAX CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  26. 2003-03-27
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    CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-03-27
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    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-03-27
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    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-03-27
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    AVIS, Christine Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  30. 2003-03-27
    ➖
    AVIS, Christine Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  31. 2003-03-27
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    CHADWICK, Gillian appointed
    director
  32. 2003-03-27
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    CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Phillip Chadwick
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence31/07/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

5 Dorchester Park
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 1QA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

BELLIS, Dawn Janette→
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHADWICK, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-29 · resigned 2006-04-04
Resigned
CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2012-03-31
Resigned
CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-29
Resigned
NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-27 · resigned 2003-03-27
Resigned
AVIS, Christine Susan→
nominee-director · ~62y · appointed 2003-03-27 · resigned 2003-03-27
Resigned
CHADWICK, Gillian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-03-27 · resigned 2016-05-15
Resigned
CHADWICK, Stephen Phillip→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-03-27 · resigned 2006-03-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
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2025-12-18
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2025-05-06
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accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
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accounts · AA
2021-01-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-29