ACCELERATE FUNDING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11041703 · ltd · incorporated 2017-11-01
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2017-11-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCELERATE FUNDING LTD
  9. 2017-11-01
    MCKEOWN, John Patrick appointed
    director
  10. 2017-11-01
    BRADSHAW GRICE LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  11. 2017-11-01
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 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

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 65. 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.)

Group structure

Bradshaw Grice Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Bradshaw Grice Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ACCELERATE FUNDING LTD
This company · 11041703

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bradshaw Grice Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/11/2017

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
Incorporated2017-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

7 Milbanke Court, Martin & Fahy
Milbanke Way
Bracknell
RG12 1RP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCKEOWN, John Patrick
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-11-01
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Active
BRADSHAW GRICE LTD
corporate-director · appointed 2017-11-01
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Active

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Recent filings (16 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-13