ACECARE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01505791 · ltd · incorporated 1980-07-03
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 30.4y 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 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 30.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
121 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
2 years 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 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1000 | 1000 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-23📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-08-23🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-10-12📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2017-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-10-17📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2016-10-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2016-09-07➕JOHNSTON, Samuel Lyndon appointeddirector
- 2016-09-07➖SMITH, Sarah Dawn resignedsecretary
- 2010-09-02➖JOHNSTON, Lyndon David resignedsecretary
- 2010-09-02➕SMITH, Sarah Dawn appointedsecretary
- 2010-09-02➖ROSE, Ian Edgar resigneddirector
- 2007-06-14➕JOHNSTON, Lyndon David appointedsecretary
- 2007-06-14➖SIMPSON, Jeanette Maria resignedsecretary
- 2004-09-16➕JOHNSTON, Lyndon David appointeddirector
- 1998-02-16➖ROSE, Ian Edgar resignedsecretary
- 1998-02-16➕SIMPSON, Jeanette Maria appointedsecretary
- 1998-02-16➖ROSE, Paul Andrew resigneddirector
- 1996-01-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1980-07-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ACECARE LIMITED
Owner dependency
84/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Lyndon David Johnston Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1980-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
21 Calder Vale Road Horbury -
Junction Industrial Estate
Horbury Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 5ER
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
JOHNSTON, Lyndon David→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2004-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOHNSTON, Samuel Lyndon→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2016-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOHNSTON, Lyndon David→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-06-14 · resigned 2010-09-02
ROSE, Ian Edgar→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1998-02-16
SIMPSON, Jeanette Maria→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-02-16 · resigned 2007-06-14
SMITH, Sarah Dawn→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-09-02 · resigned 2016-09-07
ROSE, Ian Edgar→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2010-09-02
ROSE, Paul Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · resigned 1998-02-16
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 12/01/1996 | 23/08/2018 |
Recent filings (121 total)
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2025-11-03
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2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2024-11-11
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2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
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2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
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2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-06