ACCENT SIGNS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06911855 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-20
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 May 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£1£1£1May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1£1
Debtors£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-05-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCENT SIGNS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
  18. 2009-05-20
    ➕
    PATERSON-THOMSON, Linda Francis appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-05-20
    ➕
    PATERSON-THOMSON, Linda Francis appointed
    director
  20. 2009-05-20
    ➕
    PATERSON-THOMSON, Matthew John appointed
    director
  21. 2009-05-20
    ➕
    PATERSON-THOMSON, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  22. 2009-05-20
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  23. 2009-05-20
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Nicholas John Paterson-Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Brook House
Moss Grove
Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 9HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

PATERSON-THOMSON, Linda Francis→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATERSON-THOMSON, Linda Francis→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-05-20
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Active
PATERSON-THOMSON, Matthew John→
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATERSON-THOMSON, Nicholas John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2009-05-20 · resigned 2009-05-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-27