ACME SERVICES (AGENCY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00758177 · ltd · incorporated 1963-04-22

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Temporary employment agency activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

104 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-25	2024-05-26
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-02-20
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accounts · AA
2025-05-15
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accounts · AA
2025-02-25
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accounts · AA01
2025-02-11
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address · AD01
2024-07-11
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address · AD01
2024-06-17
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address · AD01
2024-05-15
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accounts · AA
2024-02-19
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-02-20
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accounts · AA
2022-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-03-05
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accounts · AA
2018-03-06
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accounts · AA
2017-03-07
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accounts · AA
2013-02-06
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HOLMSTOCK, Nicholas Denis appointed
secretary
2012-12-22
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HOLMSTOCK, Anita resigned
secretary
2012-12-22
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HOLMSTOCK, Anita resigned
director
2012-04-12
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HOLMSTOCK, David resigned
director
1963-04-22
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Company incorporated
As ACME SERVICES (AGENCY) 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 63 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jonathan Paul Holmstock Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Nicholas Denis Holmstock Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1963-04-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC78200 — Temporary employment agency activities

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, Nicholas Denis→

secretary · appointed 2013-02-06

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Active

HOLMSTOCK, Jonathan Paul→

director · ~66y

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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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Recent filings (104 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

2024-02-07

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