ACCURATE SYSTEMS LABELLING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07299928 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-30
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18121
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,795
Cash YoY
+11%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£246
↑ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 273% YoY
Current Assets
£65k
↑ 4.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £23.1k | £17.4k |
| Current assets | £64.5k | £61.6k |
| Cash | £246 | £221 |
| Debtors | £62.8k | £59.1k |
| Net assets | £1.8k | £481 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-04-21➕SOANES, Susan appointeddirector
- 2020-04-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2010-06-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCURATE SYSTEMS LABELLING LIMITED
- 2010-06-30➕SOANES, Barry appointeddirector
- 2010-06-30➕KAHAN, Barbara appointeddirector
- 2010-06-30➖KAHAN, Barbara resigneddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 69. 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 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Barry Soanes Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest | 30/06/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Barry Soanesceased 01/07/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18121 — SIC 18121
Registered office
Business Central 2 Union Square
Central Park
Darlington
DL1 1GL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
SOANES, Barry→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2010-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SOANES, Susan→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2020-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KAHAN, Barbara→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · appointed 2010-06-30 · resigned 2010-06-30
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Recent filings (42 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-05