AARDVARK ACCOUNTING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06663522 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-04
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
£4.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,746

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£5k
↑ 123% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↑ 869% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£21k-£9k£3k£16k£28k£40kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£36.2k£-20.9k
Current assets£40.0k£4.1k
Debtors—£4.1k
Net assets£4.7k£-20.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-01
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  2. 2024-06-29
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  3. 2023-09-24
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  4. 2022-07-12
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  5. 2021-05-25
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  6. 2020-09-27
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  7. 2019-09-22
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  8. 2018-09-29
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  9. 2017-09-30
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  10. 2016-03-06
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  11. 2015-09-29
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  12. 2015-09-01
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  13. 2014-09-27
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  14. 2014-08-28
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  15. 2013-09-22
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  16. 2008-08-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AARDVARK ACCOUNTING SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 2008-08-04
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    TRULL, Stephen Richard appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-08-04
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    TRULL, Sharon Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2008-08-04
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    TRULL, Stephen Richard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Richard Trull
Individual · English · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence07/04/2016
Mrs Sharon Elizabeth Trull
Individual · English · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

55 London Road
Dunton Green
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 2UD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TRULL, Stephen Richard→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-04
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TRULL, Sharon Elizabeth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-08-04
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TRULL, Stephen Richard→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-08-04
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-29