A ATKINSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05879179 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£34.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £34,013

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£25k
Net Worth
£34k
Current Assets
£40k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-30
Total assets£34.0k
Current assets£40.2k
Cash£25.2k
Debtors£14.9k
Net assets£34.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-27
    ➖
    LEE, Lesley Ann resigned
    secretary
  7. 2022-07-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2022-07-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-07-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-06-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-06-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-06-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2022-04-20
    ➕
    REEVES, Helen Jane appointed
    director
  14. 2022-04-20
    ➖
    ATKINSON, Alan James Dixon resigned
    director
  15. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2006-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A ATKINSON LIMITED
  21. 2006-07-18
    ➕
    LEE, Lesley Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2006-07-18
    ➕
    LEE, Lesley Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-07-18
    ➕
    ATKINSON, Alan James Dixon 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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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
Miss Lesley Ann Lee
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Helen Jane Reeves
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/07/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan James Dixon Atkinsonceased 20/04/2022· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

2 Highfield Road, Headless Cross
Redditch
Worcs
B97 5EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LEE, Lesley Ann→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REEVES, Helen Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEE, Lesley Ann→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2022-07-27
Resigned
ATKINSON, Alan James Dixon→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2022-04-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-16