AC OWNERS CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00549112 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1955-05-12

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£86.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

123 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

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 £86,625

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,194 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£87k

↓ 4.6% YoY

Current Assets

£87k

↓ 5.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£86.6k	£90.8k
Current assets	£86.5k	£91.8k
Net assets	£86.6k	£90.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-02-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-24
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DAVIES, Wilfred Mark Richard appointed
director
2026-01-24
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LANGLEY, Robert Charles appointed
director
2025-10-30
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-17
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-06-17
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-06-15
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PEARCE, Christopher Thomas appointed
secretary
2022-06-15
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HORWOOD, Brian resigned
secretary
2021-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-16
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-14
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-06-30
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HORWOOD, Brian appointed
secretary
2020-06-30
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PEARCE, Christopher Thomas resigned
secretary
2018-05-31
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DAVISON, John Edward Hamilton resigned
secretary
2017-12-29
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PEARCE, Christopher Thomas appointed
secretary
2012-04-26
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SHEPHERD, Andrew Michael appointed
director
2012-04-26
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MICHAELS, Anthony David resigned
director
2009-04-30
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DAVISON, John Edward Hamilton appointed
secretary
2009-04-30
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TYLER, Peter Stanley resigned
secretary
2007-12-17
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LEWIS, John Norman resigned
secretary
2007-12-17
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TYLER, Peter Stanley appointed
secretary
2005-09-29
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LEWIS, John Norman appointed
secretary
2005-08-31
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DINE, John Philip resigned
secretary
2005-08-31
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DINE, John Philip resigned
director
2005-04-30
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MICHAELS, Anthony David appointed
director
2000-08-23
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PEARCE, Christopher Thomas appointed
director
2000-08-23
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WAKEFIELD, Eldred David Englebright resigned
director
1993-05-28
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MEEKS, Paul resigned
director
1993-05-28
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WAKEFIELD, Eldred David Englebright appointed
director
1955-05-12
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Company incorporated
As AC OWNERS CLUB LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1955-05-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Tree House Yopps Green

Plaxtol

Sevenoaks

TN15 0PY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-25

Last: 2025-06-11