ACCOUNTANCY CARE ASSOCIATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05796068 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-26

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

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

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

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	100	100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-10-29
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accounts · AA
2024-09-23
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accounts · AA
2023-11-02
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2022-11-15
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accounts · AA
2021-10-18
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accounts · AA
2020-11-23
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accounts · AA
2019-11-21
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accounts · AA
2018-12-04
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accounts · AA
2017-12-05
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accounts · AA
2016-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-30
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-10-07
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accounts · AA
2015-04-01
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2014-08-11
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accounts · AA
2014-05-05
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2006-04-26
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Company incorporated
As ACCOUNTANCY CARE ASSOCIATES LIMITED
2006-04-26
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VADUKUL, Sanjiv Kumar appointed
secretary
2006-04-26
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WEST, Karen appointed
director
2006-04-26
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PREMIER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-04-26
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PREMIER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-04-26
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PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-04-26
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PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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 61 — 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 61. 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Karen West Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-04-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

66 Glenlea Road

London

SE9 1DZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

VADUKUL, Sanjiv Kumar→

secretary · appointed 2006-04-26

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Active

WEST, Karen→

director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-26

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Active

PREMIER SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-26 · resigned 2006-04-26

Resigned

PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-26 · resigned 2006-04-26

Resigned

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