ALEXANDER ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07439033 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 69202Bookkeeping activities
- 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
32 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2015-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2010-11-15🏢Company incorporatedAs ALEXANDER ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED
- 2010-11-15➕ALEXANDER, David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALEXANDER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
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.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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 |
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Mr David Alexander Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
12 Granary Wharf Business Park
Wetmore Road
Burton-On-Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 1DU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
ALEXANDER, David→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2010-11-15
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Recent filings (32 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-22