AAA ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD

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07165598 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-23
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 Apr 2024
Net worth
£20.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £20,386
Net assets shrinking
Down £11,250 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£20k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£10k£19k£29k£39k£48kApr 2023Apr 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-04-252023-04-25
Total assets£35.0k£49.5k
Current assets£34.4k£48.4k
Net assets£20.4k£31.6k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-06-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-01-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-06-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-08-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-06-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-06-10
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-06-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-01-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-01-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-02-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AAA ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD
  18. 2010-02-23
    AKHTAR, Sohail appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high · 1 low
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-25

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sohail Akhtar
Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Office 17 9 Disraeli Road
Putney
London
SW15 2DR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-25OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-04-25
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

AKHTAR, Sohail
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-02-23
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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-10