ACCENTUATE GAMES LTD
🌳Matureactive
08727805 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-10
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-74.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32409
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £74,772
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£75k
Current Assets
£27k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-42.7k | — |
| Current assets | £26.9k | — |
| Net assets | £-74.8k | — |
| Average employees | — | 100 |
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.
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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-12-31📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-31📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2020-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-16➕FRASER-BELL, Daphne appointeddirector
- 2019-12-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2013-11-20➖BROOKES, Daphne resigneddirector
- 2013-10-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCENTUATE GAMES LTD
- 2013-10-10➕BELL, Fiona May appointeddirector
- 2013-10-10➕FRASER-BELL, Graeme, Dr appointeddirector
- 2013-10-10➕BROOKES, Daphne appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- 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.)
Group structure
P J Investment (Group) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
P J Investment (Group) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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ACCENTUATE GAMES LTD
This company · 08727805
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P J Investment (Group) Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 26/01/2021 |
Dr Graeme Fraser-Bell Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Pj Investment (Group) Limitedceased 26/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32409 — SIC 32409
Registered office
10 Grange Road
West Kirby
Wirral
CH48 4HA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BELL, Fiona May→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2013-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FRASER-BELL, Daphne→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2019-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FRASER-BELL, Graeme, Dr→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2013-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROOKES, Daphne→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2013-10-10 · resigned 2013-11-20
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/05/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (38 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-01-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-24