ACCMAN & CO. ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04718607 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-01

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£3.8k

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
69203Tax consultancy
70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (79/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,798

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,619 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↓ 55% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£3.8k	£8.4k
Current assets	—	£997
Net assets	£3.8k	£8.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-11
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-01
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-19
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2003-04-01
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Company incorporated
As ACCMAN & CO. ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED
2003-04-01
➕
ADEOYE, Ruqayyaht appointed
secretary
2003-04-01
➕
ADEOYE, Maroof Akintunde appointed
director
2003-04-01
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ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-04-01
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ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-04-01
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ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2003-04-01
➖
ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Maroof Akintunde Adeoye Individual · Nigerian · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	29/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-04-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

30 Union Road

Croydon

CR0 2XU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-15

Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ADEOYE, Ruqayyaht→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-01

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Active

ADEOYE, Maroof Akintunde→

director · ~63y · appointed 2003-04-01

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Active

ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-04-01

Resigned

ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-04-01

Resigned

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