ACME SEALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00235948 · ltd · incorporated 1928-12-28
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 97.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 97.3y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 97.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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
5 charges (4/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
87
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
127 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees500500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-12-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2022-12-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-12-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2022-12-07
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2022-12-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-12-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-12-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-12-01
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    WOOD, Michael Keith appointed
    director
  14. 2022-12-01
    ➖
    HEDGER, James resigned
    secretary
  15. 2022-12-01
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    HEDGER, James resigned
    director
  16. 2022-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-02-25
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    Charge satisfied #4
  22. 2016-02-25
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    Charge satisfied #3
  23. 2016-02-25
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    Charge satisfied #2
  24. 2014-11-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2014-10-22
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 2010-06-30
    ➖
    CARTER, Malcolm James resigned
    director
  27. 2007-08-16
    ➖
    CHONG, Lily resigned
    director
  28. 2004-11-01
    ➕
    CHONG, Lily appointed
    director
  29. 2003-07-23
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Industrial Property Investment Fund
  30. 2002-09-30
    ➖
    MURRISON, David Anthony resigned
    director
  31. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    HEDGER, Peter John appointed
    director
  32. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    CARTER, Malcolm James appointed
    director
  33. 1994-01-31
    ➕
    HEDGER, James appointed
    secretary
  34. 1994-01-31
    ➖
    LEACH, Ronald Eric Frederick resigned
    secretary
  35. 1994-01-31
    ➖
    LEACH, Ronald Eric Frederick resigned
    director
  36. 1994-01-31
    ➖
    WARDALL, Paul Henry resigned
    director
  37. 1992-12-01
    ➕
    MURRISON, David Anthony appointed
    director
  38. 1982-03-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  39. 1973-10-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  40. 1929-03-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Series of debentures
  41. 1928-12-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ACME SEALS LIMITED

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 67. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 97 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Pinnacle Security Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Pinnacle Security Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ACME SEALS LIMITED
This company · 00235948

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
Pinnacle Security Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/12/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • James Hedgerceased 01/12/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated1928-12-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Unit 9 Rosewood Business Park
Eastways
Witham
Essex
CM8 3AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

HEDGER, Peter John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Michael Keith→
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEDGER, James→
secretary · appointed 1994-01-31 · resigned 2022-12-01
Resigned
LEACH, Ronald Eric Frederick→
secretary · resigned 1994-01-31
Resigned
CARTER, Malcolm James→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-07-03 · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
CHONG, Lily→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2007-08-16
Resigned
HEDGER, James→
director · ~73y · resigned 2022-12-01
Resigned
LEACH, Ronald Eric Frederick→
director · ~100y · resigned 1994-01-31
Resigned
MURRISON, David Anthony→
director · ~79y · appointed 1992-12-01 · resigned 2002-09-30
Resigned
WARDALL, Paul Henry→
director · ~103y · resigned 1994-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/10/2014—
satisfied
Industrial Property Investment Fund
Rent deposit deed1 property23/07/200325/02/2016
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge1 property01/03/198225/02/2016
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property26/10/197325/02/2016
satisfied
Unknown
Series of debentures—05/03/192913/11/2014
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Recent filings (127 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-12-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-07
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-12-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-05