ABCS ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05386873 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£42.3k
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
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £42,347

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£42k
Current Assets
£64k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£42.3k
Current assets£63.8k
Net assets£42.3k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-11-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-04-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-04-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-03-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-03-27
    ➕
    CLARK, Ian Keith appointed
    director
  10. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-11-20
    ➖
    BROWN, Andrew resigned
    secretary
  18. 2005-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ABCS ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED
  19. 2005-03-09
    ➕
    BROWN, Judith Effie appointed
    director
  20. 2005-03-09
    ➕
    BROWN, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-03-09
    ➕
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-03-09
    ➖
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-03-09
    ➕
    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-03-09
    ➖
    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 72 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Ms Judith Effie Brown
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

26 Bowling Green Lane
Cirencester
GL7 2DY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BROWN, Judith Effie→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Ian Keith→
director · ~72y · appointed 2024-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-09 · resigned 2011-11-20
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-09 · resigned 2005-03-09
Resigned
INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-09 · resigned 2005-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-12-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25