ACME SERVICES (MAYFAIR) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00607335 · ltd · incorporated 1958-07-01
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 19.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). 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 19.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-252024-05-26
Average employees3300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-15
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-02-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-07-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-06-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2023-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2019-02-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2018-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-02-06
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    HOLMSTOCK, Jonathan Paul appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-12-22
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    HOLMSTOCK, Anita resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-12-22
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    HOLMSTOCK, Anita resigned
    director
  21. 2012-04-12
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    HOLMSTOCK, David resigned
    director
  22. 2007-01-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: C & C Properties 2021 Limited
  23. 1958-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ACME SERVICES (MAYFAIR) LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 68 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Paul Holmstock
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Nicholas Denis Holmstock
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1958-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Hallswelle House
1 Hallswelle Road
London
NW11 0DH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last made up to: 2025-05-25
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HOLMSTOCK, Jonathan Paul→
secretary · appointed 2013-02-06
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Active
HOLMSTOCK, Jonathan Paul→
director · ~66y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMSTOCK, Nicholas Denis→
director · ~71y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMSTOCK, Anita→
secretary · resigned 2012-12-22
Resigned
HOLMSTOCK, Anita→
director · ~95y · resigned 2012-12-22
Resigned
HOLMSTOCK, David→
director · ~104y · resigned 2012-04-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
C & C Properties 2021
C & C Properties 2021 Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property29/01/200721/02/2019

Recent filings (114 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-02-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07