AWH ACCOUNTANTS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC282222 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-29

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£71.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £71,439

Cash draining

Cash down 41% YoY

Cash YoY

-41%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£16k

↓ 41% YoY

Net Worth

£71k

↑ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£144k

↑ 9.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£87.3k	£88.1k
Current assets	£143.6k	£131.0k
Cash	£16.1k	£27.3k
Debtors	£121.5k	£93.6k
Net assets	£71.4k	£59.5k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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2024-12-31
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accounts · AA
2024-06-10
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officers · CH01
2023-12-31
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accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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accounts · AA
2021-10-30
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gazette · DISS40
2021-08-05
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2021-07-13
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-03-31
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accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts · AA
2017-12-29
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accounts · AA
2016-06-07
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accounts · AA
2016-04-05
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annual-return · AR01
2012-03-31
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AYENI, Ade resigned
secretary
2012-03-29
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WHITE, Scott Alfred resigned
director
2008-03-31
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HUTCHISON, Christopher resigned
director
2007-03-22
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AYENI, Ade appointed
director
2007-03-22
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HUTCHISON, Christopher appointed
director
2005-03-29
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Company incorporated
As AWH ACCOUNTANTS LTD
2005-03-29
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AYENI, Ade appointed
secretary
2005-03-29
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-03-29
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-03-29
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WHITE, Scott Alfred appointed
director
2005-03-29
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-03-29
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2005-03-29
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-03-29
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

85/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ade Ayeni Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1978 · age 48	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-03-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Fort Street House 63 Fort Street

Broughty Ferry

Dundee

DD5 2AB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

AYENI, Ade→

director · ~48y · appointed 2007-03-22

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Active

AYENI, Ade→

secretary · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2012-03-31

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2005-03-29

Resigned

HUTCHISON, Christopher→

director · ~41y · appointed 2007-03-22 · resigned 2008-03-31

Resigned

WHITE, Scott Alfred→

director · ~56y · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2012-03-29

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2005-03-29

Resigned

PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2005-03-29

Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-31

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-03-29

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2021-10-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-29

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2021-08-05

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2021-07-13