ACCOUNTING INNOVATIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05655371 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-15
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£39.7k
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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -45% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
56 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 £39,659
Cash draining
Cash down 45% YoY
Cash YoY
-45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£54k
↓ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£40k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£103k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£28k£55k£83k£111k£138kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£41.0k£44.7k
Current assets£103.4k£138.4k
Cash£54.3k£99.2k
Debtors£49.1k£39.2k
Net assets£39.7k£35.4k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-31
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  3. 2023-12-31
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  4. 2022-12-26
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  5. 2022-01-02
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  6. 2021-04-01
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  7. 2019-12-31
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  8. 2019-10-03
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    officers · TM02
  9. 2019-06-30
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    ROLFE, Emily Catherine Ruth resigned
    secretary
  10. 2018-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-31
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  12. 2017-02-02
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  13. 2016-12-31
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  14. 2016-02-02
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  15. 2015-12-31
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  16. 2015-01-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2011-11-28
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    PANDEY, Daleep resigned
    director
  18. 2008-01-31
    ➖
    ROLFE, Andrew Mark resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-01-31
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    ROLFE, Emily Catherine Ruth appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTING INNOVATIONS LIMITED
  21. 2005-12-15
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    ROLFE, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2005-12-15
    ➕
    ROLFE, Andrew Mark appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-12-15
    ➕
    DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2005-12-15
    ➖
    DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2005-12-15
    ➕
    PANDEY, Daleep appointed
    director
  26. 2005-12-15
    ➕
    DMCS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2005-12-15
    ➖
    DMCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Andrew Mark Rolfe
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2005-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

97 Leigh Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 9DR

Filing status

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

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

ROLFE, Andrew Mark→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROLFE, Andrew Mark→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-15 · resigned 2008-01-31
Resigned
ROLFE, Emily Catherine Ruth→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-31 · resigned 2019-06-30
Resigned
DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-12-15 · resigned 2005-12-15
Resigned
PANDEY, Daleep→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-12-15 · resigned 2011-11-28
Resigned
DMCS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-12-15 · resigned 2005-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
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accounts · AA
2025-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
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accounts · AA
2023-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-10-03