ACCRA MAKOLA MARKET LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14948931 · ltd · incorporated 2023-06-20
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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 (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, 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-04-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-03-22
    SEFFAH JOHNSON, Stephen appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-22
    JOHNSON, Vida resigned
    director
  7. 2024-03-22
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-03-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-03-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-06-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCRA MAKOLA MARKET LTD
  11. 2023-06-20
    JOHNSON, Vida appointed
    director
  12. 2023-06-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Seffah Johnson
Individual · Ghanaian · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/03/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Vida Johnsonceased 05/04/2024· board control

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
Incorporated2023-06-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

390-392 Radford Road
Nottingham
NG7 5GR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

SEFFAH JOHNSON, Stephen
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-03-22
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Active
JOHNSON, Vida
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-06-20 · resigned 2024-03-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-06-20