A.C. ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

01626564 · ltd · incorporated 1982-04-02

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90020Support activities to performing arts

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 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 · 4 lenders · oldest 41.1y

25/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 41.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

24 officers (7 active, 24 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

167 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £35,881

Slipped into loss

Moved from profit to loss this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Profit before tax	£-35.9k	£4.82M
Average employees	121	13000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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officers · CH01
2026-02-06
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-31
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accounts · AA
2024-10-28
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officers · TM01
2024-10-25
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BROMHEAD, Lance Newton resigned
director
2023-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-18
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officers · AP01
2023-04-17
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officers · AP01
2023-04-06
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SPENCER, Teroy appointed
director
2023-04-06
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VANN, Neil appointed
director
2023-04-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-01
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MILLARD, Christopher John resigned
director
2022-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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TONKS, Mark Graham resigned
director
2022-10-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-18
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accounts · AA
2022-03-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-07
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officers · CH01
2022-03-07
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officers · CH01
2022-03-07
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officers · CH01
2020-07-07
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BUTLER, Peter Joseph resigned
director
2019-02-25
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GORDON, Derri Anthony appointed
secretary
2019-02-25
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SEARLES, Peter Charles resigned
secretary
2019-02-25
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BROMHEAD, Lance Newton appointed
director
2019-02-25
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SEARLES, Peter Charles resigned
director
2018-01-01
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MILLARD, Christopher John appointed
director
2016-11-14
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-11-01
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GORDON, Derri Anthony appointed
director
2013-01-02
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BUTLER, Peter Joseph appointed
director
2012-09-14
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Charge registered #5
Lender: A.C.Lighting (Holdings) Limited
2012-08-06
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BACCHUS, Calville Dean James resigned
director
2011-04-13
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KEIDERLING, Peter resigned
director
2010-12-17
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O'DONOGHUE, Glyn David Richard resigned
director
2010-11-19
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Charge satisfied #4
2010-11-19
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Charge satisfied #3
2008-11-06
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CAPSTICK, Phillip Robert appointed
director
2008-03-28
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CAPSTICK, Phillip Robert resigned
director
2007-07-25
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KEIDERLING, Peter appointed
director
2007-05-25
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KEIDERLING, Peter resigned
director
2006-11-27
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SEARLES, Peter Charles appointed
director
2006-08-11
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FLOYD, Richard William resigned
director
2006-04-28
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GELLATLY, Murray Hutton resigned
director
2004-04-05
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KEIDERLING, Peter appointed
director
2003-09-19
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WALTERS, Jonathan Bevis appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 68 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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.

Group structure

A.C. Worldwide Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A.C. Worldwide Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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A.C. ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

This company · 01626564

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
A.C. Worldwide Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	12/04/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

A.C. Lighting (Holdings) Ltdceased 12/04/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence
Mr David Arthur Leggetceased 18/09/2021· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1982-04-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Centauri House

Hillbottom Road

High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

HP12 4HQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-02

Last: 2025-09-18