ACCENT LIGHTING LTD

💤Zombieactive
07197854 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-22
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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: 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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
35 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-03-27
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCENT LIGHTING LTD
  17. 2010-03-22
    ➕
    GLOVER, Richard Martin appointed
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Martin Glover
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

Unit 10 Station Close
Vicar Lane
Daventry
Northants
NN11 4FJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GLOVER, Richard Martin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-03-22
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Recent filings (35 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-07
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06