ACCUTEC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05740499 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-13
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2023-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCUTEC LIMITED
  17. 2006-03-13
    ➕
    GAZE, Michael Ralston appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-03-13
    ➕
    GAZE, Martin Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2006-03-13
    ➕
    GAZE, Michael Ralston appointed
    director
  20. 2006-03-13
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-03-13
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-03-13
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-03-13
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Michael Ralston Gaze
Individual · English · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016
Mr Martin Paul Gaze
Individual · English · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

12 Hillmead
Brookthorpe
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL4 0UL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GAZE, Michael Ralston→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-13
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Active
GAZE, Martin Paul→
director · ~51y · appointed 2006-03-13
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Active
GAZE, Michael Ralston→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-03-13
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Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-13 · resigned 2006-03-13
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-13 · resigned 2006-03-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-20