ACCOUNTING TAXATION & BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09398269 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-20
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
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.
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 · IFRS| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 800 | 800 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-15📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2024-04-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2024-04-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-02-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-01-02➕KING, Victoria appointeddirector
- 2019-01-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2015-01-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCOUNTING TAXATION & BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
- 2015-01-20➕RYAN, Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 70 — 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
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Paul Ryan Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 09/06/2016 |
Mrs Victoria King Individual · British · DOB 11/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 04/04/2024 |
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
Incorporated2015-01-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
Atbs House
London Road
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 8TS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
KING, Victoria→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2019-01-02
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Active
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Recent filings (36 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-16
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-30