ACCOUNTING & EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
05226835 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-09
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£21.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
63 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 £21,213

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£21k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£21k£32k£42k£53kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£22.3k£15.8k
Current assets£52.8k£51.3k
Net assets£21.2k£15.8k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-13
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  3. 2025-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-23
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-12-19
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-10-01
    ➕
    FISHER, Lou Bema Lyddie appointed
    director
  17. 2012-09-01
    ➖
    FISHER, Christopher Paul resigned
    secretary
  18. 2004-09-14
    ➕
    FISHER, David Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2004-09-14
    ➕
    FISHER, Christopher Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-09-13
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-09-13
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2004-09-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTING & EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LTD
  23. 2004-09-09
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-09-09
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 80 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Michael Fisher
Individual · British · DOB 03/1946 · age 80
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
Incorporated2004-09-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

9 Magnolia Close
Canvey Island
Essex
SS8 0GD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

FISHER, David Michael→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FISHER, Lou Bema Lyddie→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FISHER, Christopher Paul→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-14 · resigned 2012-09-01
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-09-09 · resigned 2004-09-13
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-09-09 · resigned 2004-09-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-13
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-06