ACCEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

🌳Matureactive
FC019309 · oversea-company · incorporated 1995-07-01
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (44/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2001-10-01
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    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC
  2. 1999-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 1998-01-07
    📄
    legacy
    accounts · 225
  4. 1997-10-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 1996-12-05
    📄
    legacy
    mortgage · 395
  6. 1996-11-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Pearl Assurance Public Limited Company
  7. 1996-07-19
    SCHNORR, Raymond appointed
    secretary
  8. 1996-07-19
    FOLEY, Walt appointed
    director
  9. 1996-07-19
    SCHNORR, Raymond appointed
    director
  10. 1996-07-19
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    legacy
    address · BUSADD
  11. 1996-07-19
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · 691
  12. 1995-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1995-07-01
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC

Registered office

John Tomlinson
261 Lord Street
Southport
Merseyside
PR8 1NY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to: 1997-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due:
Last:

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SCHNORR, Raymond
secretary · appointed 1996-07-19
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Active
FOLEY, Walt
director · ~79y · appointed 1996-07-19
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Active
SCHNORR, Raymond
director · ~73y · appointed 1996-07-19
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Pearl Assurance Public Company
Pearl Assurance Public Limited Company
Deed of rental deposit1 property29/11/1996
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Recent filings (7 total)

miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2001-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1999-06-10
legacy
accounts · 225
1998-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1997-10-17
legacy
mortgage · 395
1996-12-05
legacy
address · BUSADD
1996-07-19
legacy
incorporation · 691
1996-07-19