ACE OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00781883 · ltd · incorporated 1963-11-22
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.46M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 50.5y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 50.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,457,699
Cash YoY
+41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↑ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£292k£583k£875k£1.2m£1.5mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Cash£8.5k£6.1k
Net assets£1.46M£1.38M

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
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Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-07-09
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  3. 2023-07-14
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  4. 2022-06-10
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  5. 2021-08-06
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  6. 2021-06-16
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  7. 2021-06-16
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  8. 2020-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2019-07-22
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  10. 2018-04-26
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  11. 2017-07-03
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  12. 2017-06-26
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  13. 2017-06-09
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  14. 2016-07-27
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  15. 2016-07-25
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  16. 2016-06-23
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  17. 2011-07-06
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    BOULTER, Keith Douglas appointed
    director
  18. 2011-04-04
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2006-08-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2006-07-28
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    Charge satisfied #4
  21. 2006-07-28
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    Charge satisfied #3
  22. 2006-07-28
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    Charge satisfied #2
  23. 2006-07-27
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    EMBERTON, Samson James resigned
    director
  24. 2006-01-04
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 2001-03-29
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  26. 1999-02-27
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    EMBERTON, Jessie resigned
    director
  27. 1996-09-01
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    CARTER, Adrian James Edward appointed
    director
  28. 1996-05-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  29. 1995-02-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  30. 1993-01-04
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    CARTER, Angela Carole appointed
    secretary
  31. 1993-01-04
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    EMBERTON, Jessie resigned
    secretary
  32. 1975-10-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  33. 1963-11-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Angela Carole Carter
Individual · British · DOB 11/1943 · age 83
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1963-11-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

Emberton House
Yeomans Way
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH8 0BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

CARTER, Angela Carole→
secretary · appointed 1993-01-04
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Active
BOULTER, Keith Douglas→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-07-06
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Active
CARTER, Adrian James Edward→
director · ~57y · appointed 1996-09-01
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Active
CARTER, Angela Carole→
director · ~83y
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Active
CARTER, David Edward→
director · ~84y
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Active
EMBERTON, Jessie→
secretary · resigned 1993-01-04
Resigned
EMBERTON, Jessie→
director · ~115y · resigned 1999-02-27
Resigned
EMBERTON, Samson James→
director · ~115y · resigned 2006-07-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property04/04/2011—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/01/2006—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property29/03/200128/07/2006
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property01/05/199628/07/2006
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property03/02/199528/07/2006
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property17/10/197517/08/2006
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Recent filings (115 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-22