AFFORDABLE ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07570774 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-21
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 Mar 2025
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
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
39 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-06-22📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-06-21📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2024-06-11📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-06-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-06-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-31➕NOLAN, Alexander appointeddirector
- 2019-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-03-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AFFORDABLE ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED
- 2011-03-21➕NOLAN, Kevin appointedsecretary
- 2011-03-21➕NOLAN, Kevin appointeddirector
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 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 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Alexander Nolan Individual · British · DOB 02/1984 · age 42 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest | 08/06/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Kevin Nolanceased 08/06/2024· 75-100% shares
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
Incorporated2011-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
23a Hawthorn Drive
Heswall
Wirral
CH61 6UP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
NOLAN, Alexander→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2020-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NOLAN, Kevin→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2011-03-21
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Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-06-22
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-06-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05