ACCELOGRESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08053370 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-01
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£45.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £45,356

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£45k
Current Assets
£196k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£56.2k
Current assets£195.8k
Cash£2.1k
Debtors£193.7k
Net assets£45.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-11-17
    ➕
    MACFARLANE, James Malcolm appointed
    director
  7. 2022-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-05-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-05-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCELOGRESS LIMITED
  18. 2012-05-01
    ➕
    KERNCHEN, Jochen Ralf, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 71 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 14 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Jochen Ralf Kernchen
Individual · German · DOB 07/1977 · age 49
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-05-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Surrey Technology Centre 40 Occam Road
Surrey Research Park
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7YG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KERNCHEN, Jochen Ralf, Dr→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-05-01
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MACFARLANE, James Malcolm→
director · ~71y · appointed 2022-11-17
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Recent filings (36 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-29