ACCORD PARTNERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07399293 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-07

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£198.6k

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

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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, 2 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £198,608

Net assets shrinking

Down £16,636 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£199k

↓ 7.7% YoY

Current Assets

£200k

↓ 9.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£198.6k	£215.2k
Current assets	£199.8k	£221.8k
Net assets	£198.6k	£215.2k

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-09-19
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2024-09-13
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2023-05-17
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accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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2021-07-22
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accounts · AA
2020-08-13
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accounts · AA
2019-06-09
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accounts · AA
2018-07-22
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accounts · AA
2017-10-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-10-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-09-21
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accounts · AA
2017-07-28
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officers · AP01
2017-07-24
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SINGLETON, Miles Raymond Henry appointed
director
2017-01-26
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officers · TM01
2016-10-17
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SINGLETON, Irene resigned
director
2016-08-19
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accounts · AA
2015-10-18
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2010-10-07
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Company incorporated
As ACCORD PARTNERS LIMITED
2010-10-07
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SINGLETON, Robin Clifford Charles, Dr appointed
director
2010-10-07
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KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2010-10-07
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
director
2010-10-07
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SINGLETON, Irene appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Robin Clifford Charles Singleton Individual · British · DOB 01/1953 · age 73	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Irene Singletonceased 17/09/2016· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2010-10-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Hall House

Sawbridge

Rugby

Warwickshire

CV23 8BB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-21

Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SINGLETON, Miles Raymond Henry→

director · ~30y · appointed 2017-07-24

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Active

SINGLETON, Robin Clifford Charles, Dr→

director · ~73y · appointed 2010-10-07

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Active

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2010-10-07 · resigned 2010-10-07

Resigned

SINGLETON, Irene→

director · ~63y · appointed 2010-10-07 · resigned 2016-10-17

Resigned

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