ACCELEROX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06540797 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-20
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
52 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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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

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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-04-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2021-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-12-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-11-15
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    MOTT, David Edward Christian appointed
    director
  11. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2018-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-01
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    DIGHTON, Lucy Katherine resigned
    secretary
  15. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-02-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2012-01-30
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    DIGHTON, Lucy Katherine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-01-30
    ➖
    MARSHALL, Paul resigned
    secretary
  20. 2011-06-06
    ➖
    DIGHTON, Lucy Katherine resigned
    secretary
  21. 2011-06-06
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Paul appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-09-30
    ➕
    DIGHTON, Lucy Katherine appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-09-30
    ➖
    HEPPER, Richard John resigned
    secretary
  24. 2009-09-30
    ➖
    HEPPER, Richard John resigned
    director
  25. 2008-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCELEROX LIMITED
  26. 2008-03-20
    ➕
    MOTT, Edward David Kynaston appointed
    director
  27. 2008-03-20
    ➕
    HEPPER, Richard John appointed
    secretary
  28. 2008-03-20
    ➕
    HEPPER, Richard John appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)

Group structure

Oxford Capital Partners Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Oxford Capital Partners Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ACCELEROX LIMITED
This company · 06540797

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Oxford Capital Partners Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Oxford Capital Partners
46 Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6HT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MOTT, David Edward Christian→
director · ~53y · appointed 2020-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOTT, Edward David Kynaston→
director · ~84y · appointed 2008-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIGHTON, Lucy Katherine→
secretary · appointed 2012-01-30 · resigned 2018-08-01
Resigned
DIGHTON, Lucy Katherine→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-30 · resigned 2011-06-06
Resigned
HEPPER, Richard John→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-20 · resigned 2009-09-30
Resigned
MARSHALL, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2011-06-06 · resigned 2012-01-30
Resigned
HEPPER, Richard John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-03-20 · resigned 2009-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-03