ACCELERATE LIFESTYLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05739374 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-10
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
£23.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
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
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £23,049

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£23k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Current Assets
£120k
↑ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£24k£48k£72k£96k£120kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£23.4k£21.5k
Current assets£120.1k£113.2k
Net assets£23.0k£21.2k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2025-10-03
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  3. 2025-10-03
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  4. 2024-12-19
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  5. 2023-12-20
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  6. 2022-12-16
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  7. 2021-12-21
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  8. 2021-03-30
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  9. 2020-12-16
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  10. 2019-12-23
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  11. 2018-11-20
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  12. 2017-11-07
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  13. 2016-12-20
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  14. 2016-03-15
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  15. 2010-04-30
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    SMITH, Deborah Margaret Napier appointed
    secretary
  16. 2010-04-30
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    SMALLEY, Clive resigned
    secretary
  17. 2010-04-30
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    SMALLEY, Clive resigned
    director
  18. 2007-03-01
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    SMITH, Deborah Margaret Napier appointed
    director
  19. 2006-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCELERATE LIFESTYLE LIMITED
  20. 2006-03-10
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    HALE, Stuart John appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-10
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    SMALLEY, Clive appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-03-10
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    SMALLEY, Clive appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart John Hale
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/01/2021
Miss Deborah Margaret Napier Smith
Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/01/2017

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
Incorporated2006-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47721 — Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores

Registered office

629 Attercliffe Road
Sheffield
S9 3RD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Deborah Margaret Napier→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-30
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Active
HALE, Stuart John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-03-10
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Active
SMITH, Deborah Margaret Napier→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-03-01
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Active
SMALLEY, Clive→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-10 · resigned 2010-04-30
Resigned
SMALLEY, Clive→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-03-10 · resigned 2010-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
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accounts · AA
2025-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-16