ACCELERATED STYLE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
13090471 · ltd · incorporated 2020-12-18
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-5.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,396

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£5k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£4k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
-£5k-£3k-£2k£309£2k£4kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-4.5k£-4.5k
Current assets£4.1k£4.1k
Net assets£-5.4k£-5.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-10-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-10-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-11-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-01-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-01-20
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2020-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCELERATED STYLE LIMITED
  15. 2020-12-18
    HEBDEN, Tim Edward appointed
    director
  16. 2020-12-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tim Edward Hebden
Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/01/2021
Mr Timothy Hebden
Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54
5075%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting26/01/2021

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
Incorporated2020-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

280-282 Church Road
Birmingham
West Midlands
B26 3YH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HEBDEN, Tim Edward
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-12-18
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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01