ACCUSCRIPT CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09451476 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£339.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -35% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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 £339,595
Net assets shrinking
Down £236,102 YoY
Cash YoY
-35%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£342k
↓ 35% YoY
Net Worth
£340k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£344k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£116k£232k£348k£464k£580kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£339.6k£575.7k
Current assets£344.2k£580.1k
Cash£342.5k£527.4k
Debtors£1.7k£52.7k
Net assets£339.6k£575.7k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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  2. 2024-11-09
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  3. 2024-11-08
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    CHAWLA, Rajinder resigned
    director
  4. 2024-08-02
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  5. 2023-08-04
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  6. 2022-10-26
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  7. 2021-08-13
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  8. 2020-11-10
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  9. 2019-10-22
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  10. 2018-07-24
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  11. 2017-10-09
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  12. 2017-06-14
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  13. 2017-03-16
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  14. 2017-03-15
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    CHAWLA, Rajinder appointed
    director
  15. 2016-10-28
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  16. 2016-04-19
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  17. 2016-02-23
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  18. 2015-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCUSCRIPT CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  19. 2015-02-20
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    HUGHES, Alan appointed
    director
  20. 2015-02-20
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    HUGHES, Rowena, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 2015-02-20
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    COWAN, Graham appointed
    director
  22. 2015-02-20
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    COWAN, Graham resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

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.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/02/2017
Dr Rowena Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/02/2017

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
Incorporated2015-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

33 Junction Road
Reading
RG1 5SA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HUGHES, Alan→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Rowena, Dr→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAWLA, Rajinder→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-03-15 · resigned 2024-11-08
Resigned
COWAN, Graham→
director · ~83y · appointed 2015-02-20 · resigned 2015-02-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-22