ACCOUNTANCY AND TAX HELP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05126721 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-12
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 2025
Net worth
£49.4k
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 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £49,414
Net assets shrinking
Down £383 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
£49k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£30k£40k£50kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£61.8k£68.5k
Current assets£25.7k£20.0k
Cash£4.3k£8.8k
Debtors£21.4k£11.2k
Net assets£49.4k£49.8k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-12-02
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-17
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    address · AD01
  11. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2011-07-18
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    ENTWISTLE, Leonard resigned
    director
  16. 2011-07-06
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    ENTWISTLE, Leonard resigned
    secretary
  17. 2004-05-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANCY AND TAX HELP LIMITED
  18. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    WILSON, Peter appointed
    director
  19. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    ENTWISTLE, Leonard appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-05-12
    ➕
    ENTWISTLE, Leonard appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mr Peter Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares18/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter Wilsonceased 15/09/2023· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2004-05-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Suite 12, Rockfield House 512 Darwen Road
Bromley Cross
Bolton
BL7 9DX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

WILSON, Peter→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ENTWISTLE, Leonard→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2011-07-06
Resigned
ENTWISTLE, Leonard→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2011-07-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-24