ACCIVA CSI LTD

🌳Matureactive

10178370 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-13

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£-1.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62090Other information technology service activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,769

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,429 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£2k

↓ 368% YoY

Current Assets

£25k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£43.8k	£49.5k
Current assets	£25.0k	£25.0k
Net assets	£-1.8k	£660

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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2025-02-18
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2024-01-12
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2023-01-08
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2022-02-16
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2020-11-17
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2020-01-14
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2018-12-10
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accounts · AA
2018-08-30
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COLVEN, Roger resigned
director
2018-08-30
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officers · TM01
2017-11-21
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accounts · AA
2017-09-20
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officers · TM01
2017-09-20
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officers · AP01
2017-09-20
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officers · AP01
2017-09-15
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BROOKS, Neale Antony appointed
secretary
2017-09-15
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BROOKS, Neale Antony appointed
director
2017-09-15
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TOWNSEND, Michael Anthony appointed
director
2017-09-15
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HUGHES, Glyn resigned
director
2017-09-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-05-13
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Company incorporated
As ACCIVA CSI LTD
2016-05-13
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COLVEN, Roger appointed
director
2016-05-13
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HUGHES, Glyn appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Anthony Townsend Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/09/2017
Mr Neale Antony Brooks Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/09/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Roger Colvenceased 15/09/2017· 25-50% shares · board control
Glyn Hughesceased 15/09/2017· 25-50% shares · board control

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

Incorporated2016-05-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

20-22 Wenlock Road

London

N1 7GU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-25

Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BROOKS, Neale Antony→

secretary · appointed 2017-09-15

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Active

BROOKS, Neale Antony→

director · ~67y · appointed 2017-09-15

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Active

TOWNSEND, Michael Anthony→

director · ~63y · appointed 2017-09-15

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Active

COLVEN, Roger→

director · ~78y · appointed 2016-05-13 · resigned 2018-08-30

Resigned

HUGHES, Glyn→

director · ~72y · appointed 2016-05-13 · resigned 2017-09-15

Resigned

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