ACADEMY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

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09386526 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£65
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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 (70/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £65

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£65
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£65
Current assets£1.7k
Cash£1.7k
Net assets£65

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-04-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-04-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2015-01-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 2015-01-13
    ➕
    BILLINGHAM, Sandra Ann appointed
    director

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 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 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 67. 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
Mrs Sandra Ann Billingham
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-01-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

5 Long Stratton Road Long Stratton Road
Forncett St. Peter
Norwich
NR16 1AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BILLINGHAM, Sandra Ann→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-01-13
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Recent filings (29 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-25