ACSION LTD

💤Zombieactive

10925630 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-21

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

£234.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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 (78/100)

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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

19 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £234,155

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£234k

↑ 69% YoY

Current Assets

£393k

↑ 42% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£311.0k	£196.4k
Current assets	£393.0k	£276.6k
Net assets	£234.2k	£139.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand

2026-05-12
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2025-05-21
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2024-05-27
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2023-05-10
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2022-05-31
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2021-05-23
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2020-05-08
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2019-04-12
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accounts · AA
2018-08-23
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2017-10-19
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address · AD01
2017-08-21
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Company incorporated
As ACSION LTD
2017-08-21
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KOUMOUTSEA, Eleftheria appointed
director
2017-08-21
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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 65 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Eleftheria Koumoutsea Individual · Greek · DOB 01/1961 · age 65	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	21/08/2017

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

Incorporated2017-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

16/20 Windsor Walk

London

SE5 8BB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-03

Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KOUMOUTSEA, Eleftheria→

director · ~65y · appointed 2017-08-21

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