ACCOUNTANCY PEOPLE 4U LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07080231 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-18
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 Nov 2023
Net worth
£114
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
39 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £114
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£114
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.8k |
| Current assets | £8.0k |
| Net assets | £114 |
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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-12➕ARNOLD, Graham Alexander appointeddirector
- 2009-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCOUNTANCY PEOPLE 4U LIMITED
- 2009-11-18➕ARNOLD, Sandrah Jane appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Graham Alexander Arnold Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 18/11/2016 |
Mrs Sandrah Jane Arnold Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 18/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies
Registered office
Suite 3, 22e West Station Yard
Spital Road
Maldon
CM9 6TS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ARNOLD, Graham Alexander→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2015-02-12
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ARNOLD, Sandrah Jane→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2009-11-18
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Recent filings (39 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19