ACCUTIME LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06306209 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-09
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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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees400400

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-01-20
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    LUCAS, Anthony appointed
    director
  10. 2019-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2017-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2016-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-02
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  17. 2015-08-01
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    LUCAS, Adam Sanadi appointed
    director
  18. 2015-08-01
    ➕
    LUCAS, Brendan Derrick appointed
    director
  19. 2015-07-30
    ➕
    LUCAS, Adam Sanadi appointed
    director
  20. 2015-07-30
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    LUCAS, Adam Sanadi resigned
    director
  21. 2015-07-30
    ➕
    LUCAS, Brendan Derrick appointed
    director
  22. 2015-07-30
    ➖
    LUCAS, Brendan Derrick resigned
    director
  23. 2007-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCUTIME LIMITED
  24. 2007-07-09
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    LUCAS, Adam Sanadi appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-07-09
    ➕
    LUCAS, Anthony appointed
    director
  26. 2007-07-09
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-07-09
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2007-07-09
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2007-07-09
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Lucas
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2007-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

1/3 Chester Road
Neston
CH64 9PA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

LUCAS, Adam Sanadi→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-09
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Active
LUCAS, Adam Sanadi→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-08-01
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Active
LUCAS, Anthony→
director · ~37y · appointed 2020-01-20
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Active
LUCAS, Anthony→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-07-09
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Active
LUCAS, Brendan Derrick→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-09 · resigned 2007-07-09
Resigned
LUCAS, Adam Sanadi→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-07-30 · resigned 2015-07-30
Resigned
LUCAS, Brendan Derrick→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-07-30 · resigned 2015-07-30
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-07-09 · resigned 2007-07-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-12