ACCREDITED COMMERCIAL FINANCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06561379 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-10
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-4.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (79/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
42 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,239

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£4k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£537
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£4k-£3k-£2k-£1k-£418£537Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-242023-12-24
Total assets£-4.2k£-4.2k
Current assets£537£537
Net assets£-4.2k£-4.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-18
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-04
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2020-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2019-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2018-08-17
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  9. 2017-08-18
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  10. 2016-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-09-24
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-05-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-07-17
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-06-05
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2008-04-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCREDITED COMMERCIAL FINANCE LIMITED
  17. 2008-04-10
    ➕
    BAKER, Harry David appointed
    director
  18. 2008-04-10
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-04-10
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-04-10
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  21. 2008-04-10
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Harry David Baker
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares10/04/2017

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
Incorporated2008-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

774-780 Wilmslow Road
Didsbury
Mancheter
M20 2DR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last made up to: 2024-12-24
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

BAKER, Harry David→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-10 · resigned 2008-04-10
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-10 · resigned 2008-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-14