ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS (NW) LTD

💤Zombieactive

10952060 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-07

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

£155.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

69202Bookkeeping activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £155,722

Cash YoY

+23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£128k

↑ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£156k

↑ 26% YoY

Current Assets

£178k

↑ 21% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£203.1k	£123.7k
Current assets	£178.5k	£146.9k
Cash	£128.0k	£103.9k
Debtors	£50.5k	£43.0k
Net assets	£155.7k	£123.7k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-01-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-11
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capital · SH01
2020-10-28
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-07-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-07-10
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address · AD01
2020-07-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-15
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officers · TM01
2019-09-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-06-30
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GEORGIOU, Katerina resigned
director
2019-05-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-01
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GEORGIOU, George appointed
director
2017-09-07
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Company incorporated
As ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS (NW) LTD
2017-09-07
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GEORGIOU, Katerina appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Georgiou Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	01/03/2019
Mrs Katerina Georgiou Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	07/09/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr George Georgiouceased 31/08/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2017-09-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

C/O Charles & Co Suite 15, Highfield House

185 Chorley New Road

Bolton

BL1 4QZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-12

Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

GEORGIOU, George→

director · ~69y · appointed 2019-04-01

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Active

GEORGIOU, Katerina→

director · ~65y · appointed 2017-09-07 · resigned 2019-06-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-09

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-22