ACCOUNTINGWEB LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11039039 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-31
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 8.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
24 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-06-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2021-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-05-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-05-18➕DUNKERLEY, Thomas William appointeddirector
- 2018-05-18➖PRISCOTT, Steven resigneddirector
- 2018-03-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-02-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2017-11-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-10-31🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCOUNTINGWEB LIMITED
- 2017-10-31➕HEALD, Ben appointeddirector
- 2017-10-31➕PRISCOTT, Steven appointeddirector
- 2017-10-31📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
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 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Sift Media Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Sift Media Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ACCOUNTINGWEB LIMITED
This company · 11039039
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sift Media Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 31/10/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| ABSOLUTE (UK) LIMITED→ 05234123 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
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| ACES SERVICES GROUP LIMITED→ 02100379 · est 1987 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 39y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-10-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Floor 2 Charlotte Place
Queen Charlotte Street
Bristol
BS1 4EX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DUNKERLEY, Thomas William→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2018-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRISCOTT, Steven→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2017-10-31 · resigned 2018-05-18
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/06/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/02/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (24 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-28