ATB ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC237020 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£29.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,719

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£30k
↑ 1.6% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£30kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£47.0k£46.2k
Current assets£16.6k£16.2k
Net assets£29.7k£29.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-23
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  3. 2023-07-20
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  4. 2022-07-25
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  5. 2021-07-29
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  6. 2020-11-26
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    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2020-11-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-29
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  10. 2018-07-30
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  11. 2017-07-10
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-10
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    address · AD01
  13. 2017-03-02
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    address · AD01
  14. 2016-11-15
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    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2016-11-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2016-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-10-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2013-04-01
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    SKILLING, Kathleen appointed
    director
  19. 2005-01-07
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    SKILLING, Kathleen resigned
    director
  20. 2002-09-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ATB ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
  21. 2002-09-19
    ➕
    SKILLING, Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-09-19
    ➕
    SKILLING, Gary James appointed
    director
  23. 2002-09-19
    ➕
    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-09-19
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    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-09-19
    ➕
    SKILLING, Kathleen appointed
    director
  26. 2002-09-19
    ➕
    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-09-19
    ➖
    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary James Skilling
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Kathleen Skilling
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-09-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

125a Dalrymple Street
Girvan
Ayrshire
KA26 9BS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SKILLING, Kathleen→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-19
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Active
SKILLING, Gary James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-09-19
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Active
SKILLING, Kathleen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-19 · resigned 2002-09-19
Resigned
SKILLING, Kathleen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-09-19 · resigned 2005-01-07
Resigned
ACS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-19 · resigned 2002-09-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—10/11/201626/11/2020

Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-29