ACES FANS LTD
🌳Matureactive
00949747 · ltd · incorporated 1969-03-12
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 51.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 51.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 51.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-24📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-04-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-10➕BAILEY, Clive Howard appointeddirector
- 2021-11-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-05-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-25📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-02-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-02-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-09➖WOODLEY, Anthony Huxley resigneddirector
- 2020-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2010-06-30➕BAILEY, Janet appointeddirector
- 2010-01-26➕BAILEY, Janet appointedsecretary
- 2010-01-25➖WILLCOCKS, Clive Arthur Huxley resignedsecretary
- 1998-08-01➖BAILEY, Janet resignedsecretary
- 1998-08-01➕WILLCOCKS, Clive Arthur Huxley appointedsecretary
- 1975-01-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: L W Cook & Sons LTD
- 1969-03-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ACES FANS LTD
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 57 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Janet Bailey Individual · British · DOB 10/1939 · age 87 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 19/09/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- The Executors Of The Late Anthony Huxley Woodleyceased 19/09/2023· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1969-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28290 — SIC 28290
Registered office
27a Maxwell Road
Northwood
HA6 2XY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
BAILEY, Clive Howard→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2021-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BAILEY, Janet→
Activedirector · ~87y · appointed 2010-06-30
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BAILEY, Janet→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1998-08-01
WILLCOCKS, Clive Arthur Huxley→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-08-01 · resigned 2010-01-25
WOODLEY, Anthony Huxley→
Resigneddirector · ~102y · resigned 2020-11-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | L W Cook & Sons L W Cook & Sons LTD | Legal charge | 2 properties | 23/01/1975 | — |
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Recent filings (105 total)
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04