ACCOUNTING & GENERAL LTD

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16156168 · ltd · incorporated 2024-12-30
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-01-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-12-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACCOUNTING & GENERAL LTD
  4. 2024-12-30
    JACKSON, Polly appointed
    director
  5. 2024-12-30
    KNIGHT, Alan Graham appointed
    director
  6. 2024-12-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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: 2025-01-28: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Accounting & General Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Accounting & General Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ACCOUNTING & GENERAL LTD
This company · 16156168

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
Accounting & General Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/12/2024

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
Incorporated2024-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Brixham Laboratory Freshwater Quarry
Blackball Lane
Brixham
TQ5 8BA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-12
Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JACKSON, Polly
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-12-30
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Active
KNIGHT, Alan Graham
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-12-30
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-12-30