ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04724424 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-06
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 Mar 2026
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
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Turnover—£7.1k
Operating profit—£1.8k
Profit before tax—£1.8k
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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-12
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  3. 2024-05-24
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  4. 2023-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-21
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-21
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-10-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2017-10-12
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    address · AD01
  12. 2017-10-12
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-12
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-08
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-10-14
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    LOWTAX SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2003-04-09
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    DALY, Jennifer Caroline appointed
    director
  18. 2003-04-09
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    LOWTAX NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  19. 2003-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  20. 2003-04-06
    ➕
    LOWTAX SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2003-04-06
    ➕
    LOWTAX NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

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 69 — 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 69. 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
Mrs Jennifer Caroline Daly
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/04/2017

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
Incorporated2003-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

7 Foxglove Road
South Ockendon
Essex
RM15 6EU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

DALY, Jennifer Caroline→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-04-09
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Active
LOWTAX SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-04-06 · resigned 2010-10-14
Resigned
LOWTAX NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-04-06 · resigned 2003-04-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
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accounts · AA
2025-08-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
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accounts · AA
2024-05-24
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accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
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accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
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accounts · AA
2021-06-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
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accounts · AA
2020-08-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-01
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accounts · AA
2019-12-19