ACCOUNTS & TAX STORE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04796116 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-11
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£35.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £35,120

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£35k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£61k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£16k£32k£48k£65k£81kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£35.6k£41.2k
Current assets£61.0k£80.7k
Net assets£35.1k£25.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2022-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-18
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2021-08-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2021-06-25
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2020-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2020-10-13
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    MASTERS, Lorraine Angela appointed
    secretary
  16. 2020-10-13
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    MASTERS, Robert resigned
    secretary
  17. 2020-10-13
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    officers · CH03
  18. 2020-10-13
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  19. 2020-10-13
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    officers · AP03
  20. 2020-09-28
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    MASTERS, Lorraine Angela resigned
    director
  21. 2020-09-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  22. 2020-09-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2016-04-06
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    MASTERS, Lorraine Angela appointed
    director
  24. 2009-12-08
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    MASTERS, Lorraine Angela resigned
    director
  25. 2008-01-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Valentine Mark Christensen and John Parton Cavill
  26. 2005-03-31
    ➖
    JONES, Michael Eric resigned
    director
  27. 2003-11-13
    ➕
    JONES, Michael Eric appointed
    director
  28. 2003-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTS & TAX STORE LIMITED
  29. 2003-06-11
    ➕
    BEVAN, Sally Ann appointed
    director
  30. 2003-06-11
    ➕
    MASTERS, Robert appointed
    director
  31. 2003-06-11
    ➕
    MASTERS, Robert appointed
    secretary
  32. 2003-06-11
    ➕
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2003-06-11
    ➖
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-06-11
    ➕
    MASTERS, Lorraine Angela appointed
    director
  35. 2003-06-11
    ➕
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2003-06-11
    ➖
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 75 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.
  • 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 Robert Masters
Individual · British · DOB 11/1951 · age 75
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Lorraine Angela Mastersceased 25/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

107 Jupiter Drive
Highfield
Hemel Hempstead
Herts
HP2 5NU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

MASTERS, Lorraine Angela→
secretary · appointed 2020-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEVAN, Sally Ann→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASTERS, Robert→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASTERS, Robert→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2020-10-13
Resigned
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2003-06-11
Resigned
JONES, Michael Eric→
director · ~84y · appointed 2003-11-13 · resigned 2005-03-31
Resigned
MASTERS, Lorraine Angela→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-04-06 · resigned 2020-09-28
Resigned
MASTERS, Lorraine Angela→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2009-12-08
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2003-06-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Valentine Mark Christensen and John Parton Cavill
Deed of rental deposit1 property02/01/200818/08/2021

Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-04-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-24