AGO CONSULTANCY & ACCOUNTING SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
09173707 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-13
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
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69203Tax consultancy
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 78109Other activities of employment placement agencies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, 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: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£8k-£6k-£4k-£3k-£1k£178Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£-7.6k
Current assets£178
Net assets£-7.6k
Average employees0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AGO CONSULTANCY & ACCOUNTING SERVICES LTD
  15. 2014-08-13
    AKASIE, Godwin Onyemaechi appointed
    director
  16. 2014-08-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.
  • 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
Mr Godwin Onyemaechi Akasie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/08/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

7 Bedford Court
Tavistock Road
Croydon
CR0 2AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

AKASIE, Godwin Onyemaechi
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-08-13
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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-16