ACCOUNTING & PAYROLL STATIONERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07274250 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-04
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£560.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 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
46 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 £560,282
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£525k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Net Worth
£560k
↑ 7.0% YoY
Current Assets
£793k
↑ 7.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£159k£317k£476k£634k£793kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£560.3k£523.7k
Current assets£793.1k£740.0k
Cash£525.4k£518.9k
Debtors£267.7k£221.2k
Net assets£560.3k£523.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-06
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Abbe appointed
    director
  7. 2021-12-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2020-07-22
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  11. 2019-09-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-09-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-09-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-09-20
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    BARKER, Geoffrey resigned
    director
  15. 2019-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2011-04-20
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Barrie Maxwell appointed
    director
  20. 2011-04-20
    ➕
    BARKER, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  21. 2010-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTING & PAYROLL STATIONERY LIMITED
  22. 2010-06-04
    ➕
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director
  23. 2010-06-04
    ➖
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

29/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TAYLOR, Abbe (same surname) appointed 2021-12-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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.)

Group structure

Mdl Kelex Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Mdl Kelex Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ACCOUNTING & PAYROLL STATIONERY LIMITED
This company · 07274250

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mdl Kelex Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares22/07/2020

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
Incorporated2010-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 16 Brunel Way
Stroudwater Business Park
Stonehouse
GL10 3SX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR, Abbe→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Barrie Maxwell→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARKER, Geoffrey→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-04-20 · resigned 2019-09-20
Resigned
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-06-04 · resigned 2010-06-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-07-22
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-10