A.C.S. HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01903660 · ltd · incorporated 1985-04-10
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£116.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £116,806

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£117k
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£58k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£30k£60k£90k£120k£151kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£116.8k£114.0k
Current assets£57.9k£150.6k
Net assets£116.8k£114.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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  2. 2025-03-19
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  3. 2025-03-19
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  4. 2025-02-11
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    address · AD01
  5. 2024-10-29
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    RUTHERFORD, Helen Mary Christine resigned
    director
  6. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2023-06-30
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  8. 2022-06-29
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  9. 2021-06-29
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  10. 2020-06-29
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  11. 2019-06-18
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  12. 2018-06-26
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  13. 2017-06-29
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  14. 2016-06-30
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  15. 2015-12-22
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  16. 2015-06-29
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  17. 2014-12-01
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    HAMILTON-BURKE, Ian Douglas resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-10-08
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    GAWITH, Victoria Roisin appointed
    director
  19. 2013-10-08
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    HAMILTON BURKE, Andrew Charles Raoul appointed
    director
  20. 2011-12-09
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    HAMILTON-BURKE, Ian Douglas appointed
    secretary
  21. 2011-11-09
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    HAMILTON-BURKE, Ian Douglas appointed
    secretary
  22. 2011-11-09
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    HAMILTON BURKE, Joan resigned
    secretary
  23. 2011-11-09
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    HAMILTON BURKE, Joan resigned
    director
  24. 1985-04-10
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    Company incorporated
    As A.C.S. HOLDINGS LIMITED

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Douglas Hamilton-Burke
Individual · British · DOB 10/1943 · age 83
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Helen Mary Christine Rutherfordceased 29/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Gladstone House 2 Church Road
Wavertree
Liverpool
L15 9EG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

HAMILTON-BURKE, Ian Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2011-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAWITH, Victoria Roisin→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON BURKE, Andrew Charles Raoul→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON-BURKE, Ian Douglas→
director · ~83y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON BURKE, Joan→
secretary · resigned 2011-11-09
Resigned
HAMILTON-BURKE, Ian Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2011-12-09 · resigned 2014-12-01
Resigned
HAMILTON BURKE, Joan→
director · ~84y · resigned 2011-11-09
Resigned
RUTHERFORD, Helen Mary Christine→
director · ~71y · resigned 2024-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-29