ACCOUNTANCY MATTERS (SOUTH) LTD

🌳Matureactive

05995780 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-13

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.

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£9.1k

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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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, 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 (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,132

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,668 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£9k

↓ 38% YoY

Current Assets

£15k

↓ 45% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£9.1k	£14.8k
Current assets	£14.9k	£26.9k
Net assets	£9.1k	£14.8k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-11-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-06
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officers · CH01
2025-05-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-04
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capital · SH01
2020-11-13
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-11-13
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officers · TM02
2020-11-12
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MATTINGLY, Daniela Rosalind appointed
secretary
2020-11-12
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MATTINGLY, Michael Ian Frederick resigned
secretary
2020-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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officers · AP01
2018-12-06
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MATTINGLY, Michael Ian Frederick appointed
director
2018-06-26
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accounts · AA
2006-11-13
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Company incorporated
As ACCOUNTANCY MATTERS (SOUTH) LTD
2006-11-13
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MATTINGLY, Diane Stephanie appointed
director
2006-11-13
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MATTINGLY, Michael Ian Frederick appointed
secretary

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 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 69. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Diane Stephanie Mattingly Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest	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

Incorporated2006-11-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Kitley The Street

West Winterslow

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP5 1SX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MATTINGLY, Daniela Rosalind→

secretary · appointed 2020-11-12

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Active

MATTINGLY, Diane Stephanie→

director · ~61y · appointed 2006-11-13

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Active

MATTINGLY, Michael Ian Frederick→

director · ~69y · appointed 2018-12-06

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Active

MATTINGLY, Michael Ian Frederick→

secretary · appointed 2006-11-13 · resigned 2020-11-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-17

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-11-06

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-11-06