ACCIO CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07368046 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-07
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£138.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
40 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 £138,649
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,840 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£139k
↓ 4.0% YoY
Current Assets
£77k
↑ 74% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£29k£58k£87k£116k£144kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£138.6k£144.5k
Current assets£76.6k£44.1k
Net assets£138.6k£144.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-20
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  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-06-13
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  5. 2021-09-15
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  6. 2021-06-27
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  7. 2020-09-15
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  8. 2019-06-21
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  9. 2018-07-20
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  10. 2017-07-18
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  11. 2016-09-23
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  12. 2016-09-09
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    COLLINS, Wendy Margaret appointed
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  13. 2016-09-09
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  14. 2016-08-31
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    COLLINS, Wendy Margaret resigned
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  15. 2016-06-30
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  17. 2016-03-22
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  18. 2015-01-01
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    COLLINS, Wendy Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2010-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCIO CONSULTING LIMITED
  20. 2010-09-07
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    COLLINS, Christopher Teepe appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-09-07
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    COLLINS, Christopher Teepe appointed
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Wendy Margaret Collins
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Christopher Teepe Collins
Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-09-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

17 Woodchester Park
Knotty Green
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire
HP9 2TU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

COLLINS, Christopher Teepe→
secretary · appointed 2010-09-07
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COLLINS, Christopher Teepe→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-09-07
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COLLINS, Wendy Margaret→
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-09-09
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COLLINS, Wendy Margaret→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-01-01 · resigned 2016-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

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2025-09-18
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2025-06-20
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2024-09-20
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2024-06-27
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2023-09-21
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2023-06-30
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2022-09-09
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accounts · AA
2022-06-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
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capital · SH01
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-15
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2020-09-15
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2019-09-09
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accounts · AA
2019-06-21