ACCELERANT EUROPE LTD

💤Zombieactive
14476151 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-10
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
£211
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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, 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £211
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,150 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£211
↓ 84% YoY
Current Assets
£31k
↑ 1541% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£31kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£211£1.4k
Current assets£30.5k£1.9k
Cash£1.8k
Debtors£37
Net assets£211£1.4k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-11-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2023-11-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2023-10-18
    COATES, Thomas Frederick appointed
    director
  12. 2023-10-18
    BROWN, Philip, Mr. resigned
    director
  13. 2023-10-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2023-10-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2023-10-18
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2023-10-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2023-10-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2023-10-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2023-10-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2023-10-01
    BROWN, Philip, Mr. appointed
    director
  21. 2023-10-01
    TAYLOR-GUCK, Philip James resigned
    director
  22. 2022-11-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCELERANT EUROPE LTD
  23. 2022-11-10
    TAYLOR-GUCK, Philip James appointed
    director
  24. 2022-11-10
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    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 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Frederick Coates
Individual · British · DOB 12/1987 · age 39
75100%
75-100% shares18/10/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Philip Brownceased 01/11/2023· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Philip James Taylor-Guckceased 01/10/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-11-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities

Registered office

8 Knowl Road
Mirfield
West Yorkshire
WF14 8DQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

COATES, Thomas Frederick
director · ~39y · appointed 2023-10-18
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Active
BROWN, Philip, Mr.
director · ~68y · appointed 2023-10-01 · resigned 2023-10-18
Resigned
TAYLOR-GUCK, Philip James
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-11-10 · resigned 2023-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-11-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-18