ACCPLUS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04857709 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-06
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 Jan 2026
Net worth
£0
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
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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
Cash
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Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Total assets£0£0
Net assets£0£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-08
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-12
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  4. 2024-01-11
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    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-03-15
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-18
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  10. 2018-03-28
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  11. 2017-02-15
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  12. 2016-03-14
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  13. 2015-08-06
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  14. 2015-04-09
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCPLUS LIMITED
  17. 2003-08-06
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    HICKMAN, Mark appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-08-06
    ➕
    HARRISON, Julia Dawn appointed
    director
  19. 2003-08-06
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    HICKMAN, Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2003-08-06
    ➕
    BREWER, Suzanne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-08-06
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    BREWER, Suzanne resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-08-06
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2003-08-06
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    BREWER, Kevin Michael resigned
    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 70 — 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 70 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Hickman
Individual · English · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Julia Dawn Harrison
Individual · English · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-08-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

25 Elm Tree Road
Cosby
Leicester
LE9 1SR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HICKMAN, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-06
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Active
HARRISON, Julia Dawn→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-08-06
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Active
HICKMAN, Mark→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWER, Suzanne→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-06 · resigned 2003-08-06
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin Michael→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-08-06 · resigned 2003-08-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-06