ACCOUNTANT SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
13444521 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-08
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85320Technical and vocational secondary education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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
3
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-17
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-03-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-13
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2025-03-12
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-03-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-03-12
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-03-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2025-03-10
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2025-03-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2025-02-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2025-02-01
    JOHNSTON, Aaron James resigned
    director
  13. 2024-02-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-11-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-13
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2021-07-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-07-08
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2021-07-01
    JOHNSTON, Aaron James appointed
    director
  19. 2021-06-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTANT SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2021-06-08
    WILSON, Jonathan Joseph appointed
    director
  21. 2021-06-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-03-13: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Joseph Wilson
Individual · English · DOB 11/1975 · age 51
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/06/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Aaron James Johnstonceased 01/08/2024· 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
Incorporated2021-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Indecon Building
South Hanningfield Road
Wickford
SS11 7PF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WILSON, Jonathan Joseph
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-06-08
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Active
JOHNSTON, Aaron James
director · ~38y · appointed 2021-07-01 · resigned 2025-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-28
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23