APH ACCOUNTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

07318504 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-19

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£159.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £159,852

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£160k

↑ 90% YoY

Current Assets

£330k

↑ 229% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£159.9k	£84.0k
Current assets	£329.9k	£100.2k
Net assets	£159.9k	£84.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-02
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ASHLEY, Carla appointed
director
2026-04-02
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WHITE, Helen resigned
director
2026-04-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-02
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
➖
NEWMAN, Matthew resigned
director
2023-01-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-04
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ASHLEY, Carla resigned
director
2022-11-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-10
➕
NEWMAN, Matthew appointed
director
2021-05-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-14
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ASHLEY, Carla appointed
director
2021-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-03-25
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-25
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2019-07-01
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WHITE, Adam resigned
director
2019-02-12
➖
ADAMS, Joan resigned
director
2019-02-01
➕
WHITE, Adam appointed
director
2018-09-01
➕
ADAMS, Joan appointed
director
2010-07-19
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Company incorporated
As APH ACCOUNTANTS LTD
2010-07-19
➕
WHITE, Paul John appointed
director
2010-07-19
➕
WHITE, Helen appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Carla Ashley Individual · British · DOB 07/1981 · age 45	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	02/04/2026
Mr Paul John White Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	19/07/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Helen Whiteceased 02/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-07-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

259 Wallasey Village

Wallasey

Wirral

CH45 3LR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-23

Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ASHLEY, Carla→

director · ~45y · appointed 2026-04-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WHITE, Paul John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-07-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ADAMS, Joan→

director · ~53y · appointed 2018-09-01 · resigned 2019-02-12

Resigned

ASHLEY, Carla→

director · ~45y · appointed 2021-05-14 · resigned 2022-11-04

Resigned

NEWMAN, Matthew→

director · ~41y · appointed 2021-07-10 · resigned 2023-01-24

Resigned

WHITE, Adam→

director · ~29y · appointed 2019-02-01 · resigned 2019-07-01

Resigned

WHITE, Helen→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-07-19 · resigned 2026-04-02

Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-09

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-04-08

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-04-08

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-04-02

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-04-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-06-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-01-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-11-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-04-29