ACCOUNTANCY & TAX ASSISTANCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04724048 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-04
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£462
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 with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £462

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£364
Net Worth
£462
↑ 295% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£26kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£462£2.9k
Current assets£16.9k£25.5k
Cash£364—
Debtors£16.5k—
Net assets£462£117

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 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  2. 2026-04-06
    ➕
    KING, Natalie Maria appointed
    secretary
  3. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-07-01
    ➕
    ALGER, Marian Mavis appointed
    director
  15. 2017-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2003-04-07
    ➕
    ALGER, Marian Mavis appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-04-07
    ➕
    BELLINGHAM, Sharon appointed
    director
  20. 2003-04-07
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-04-07
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-04-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANCY & TAX ASSISTANCE LIMITED
  23. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 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
Ms Sharon Bellingham
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest01/05/2016
Mrs Marian Mavis Alger
Individual · British · DOB 02/1942 · age 84
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/04/2023

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
Incorporated2003-04-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

The Station House
Station Approach
Otford Kent
TN14 5QY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

ALGER, Marian Mavis→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KING, Natalie Maria→
secretary · appointed 2026-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALGER, Marian Mavis→
director · ~84y · appointed 2017-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELLINGHAM, Sharon→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2003-04-07
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2003-04-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06