ACCELERATE BIDCO LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14432235 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-20
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 3.5y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
24 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees4000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
3
filings
  • 3 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
    DU PLESSIS, Espe appointed
    director
  2. 2026-02-16
    JACKSON, Derek Rodney appointed
    director
  3. 2026-02-16
    O'KANE, Francis Iain resigned
    director
  4. 2026-02-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-02-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2026-02-16
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-11-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-11-05
    JOHNSTON, Andrew Luke resigned
    director
  9. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2025-01-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2025-01-13
    MANI, Roy Benjamin Kurien resigned
    director
  12. 2024-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-11-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2023-05-31
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2023-05-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2023-05-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2023-05-29
    JOHNSTON, Andrew Luke appointed
    director
  18. 2023-05-29
    O'KANE, Francis Iain appointed
    director
  19. 2023-04-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2022-12-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2022-12-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2022-12-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Investec Bank PLC
  23. 2022-12-21
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Investec Bank PLC
  24. 2022-10-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCELERATE BIDCO LIMITED
  25. 2022-10-20
    ELLIOTT, Thomas James appointed
    director
  26. 2022-10-20
    MANI, Roy Benjamin Kurien appointed
    director
  27. 2022-10-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: JOHNSTON, Andrew Luke resigned 2025-11-05; O'KANE, Francis Iain resigned 2026-02-16

Group structure

Accelerate Midco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Accelerate Midco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ACCELERATE BIDCO LIMITED
This company · 14432235

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
Accelerate Midco Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/10/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Technology House
Western Way
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 3SP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DU PLESSIS, Espe
director · ~42y · appointed 2026-02-16
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Active
ELLIOTT, Thomas James
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-10-20
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Active
JACKSON, Derek Rodney
director · ~55y · appointed 2026-02-16
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Active
JOHNSTON, Andrew Luke
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-05-29 · resigned 2025-11-05
Resigned
MANI, Roy Benjamin Kurien
director · ~52y · appointed 2022-10-20 · resigned 2025-01-13
Resigned
O'KANE, Francis Iain
director · ~56y · appointed 2023-05-29 · resigned 2026-02-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Investec Bank
Investec Bank PLC
A registered charge21/12/2022
outstanding
Investec Bank
Investec Bank PLC
A registered charge21/12/2022
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Recent filings (18 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-26