ACECUTTER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01388035 · ltd · incorporated 1978-09-11
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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year to Oct 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
103 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees2200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  3. 2025-03-26
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-17
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-26
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-05-06
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-01
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    POLAND, Alexandra Bridgette appointed
    director
  17. 2013-01-01
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    POLAND, Alexandra appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-01-01
    ➖
    NORRIS, Marie resigned
    secretary
  19. 2013-01-01
    ➖
    NORRIS, Graham Stuart resigned
    director
  20. 2002-05-01
    ➕
    POLAND, Philip Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2002-04-30
    ➖
    DAVIES, Tom Robin resigned
    director
  22. 1994-09-21
    ➖
    DAVIES, Tom Robin resigned
    secretary
  23. 1994-09-21
    ➕
    NORRIS, Marie appointed
    secretary
  24. 1994-07-19
    ➖
    MARSH, Terrence resigned
    director
  25. 1978-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ACECUTTER LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Alexandra Bridgette Poland
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/11/2016
Mr Philip Andrew Poland
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/09/2016

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
Incorporated1978-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Second Floor
3 Liverpool Gardens
Worthing
BN11 1TF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

POLAND, Alexandra→
secretary · appointed 2013-01-01
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Active
POLAND, Alexandra Bridgette→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POLAND, Philip Andrew→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Tom Robin→
secretary · resigned 1994-09-21
Resigned
NORRIS, Marie→
secretary · appointed 1994-09-21 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
DAVIES, Tom Robin→
director · ~84y · resigned 2002-04-30
Resigned
MARSH, Terrence→
director · ~68y · resigned 1994-07-19
Resigned
NORRIS, Graham Stuart→
director · ~83y · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (103 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08