ACCA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15280795 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-13
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
£-328.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71121Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
  • 74901Environmental consulting activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 4 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £328,881

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£329k
↓ 403% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↑ 163% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£329k-£253k-£176k-£100k-£23k£53kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£184.3k£-199
Current assets£52.9k£20.2k
Net assets£-328.9k£-65.4k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-12
    BIBBY, Peter John appointed
    director
  3. 2025-11-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-06-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-03-01
    QUINN, Jonathan James appointed
    director
  7. 2024-03-28
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-11-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
  9. 2023-11-13
    BEARDWOOD, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  10. 2023-11-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

70/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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 Mark Richard Beardwood
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/11/2023

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
Incorporated2023-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Environmental Innovation Centre
Campbeltown Road
Birkenhead
Merseyside
CH41 9HP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BEARDWOOD, Mark Richard
director · ~65y · appointed 2023-11-13
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Active
BIBBY, Peter John
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-11-12
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Active
QUINN, Jonathan James
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-03-01
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-13