ACE LIFTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

01960580 · ltd · incorporated 1985-11-18

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£341.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 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 · 5 lenders · oldest 32.5y

35/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 32.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

135 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £341,735

Cash YoY

+50%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£105k

↑ 50% YoY

Net Worth

£342k

↑ 86% YoY

Current Assets

£852k

↑ 8.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£819.9k	£1.03M
Current assets	£852.3k	£783.8k
Cash	£105.0k	£70.2k
Net assets	£341.7k	£183.7k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2025-12-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-23
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LYU, Xinwei resigned
director
2025-05-23
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officers · TM01
2025-05-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-23
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
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LEUNG, Wai Kwong resigned
director
2025-02-21
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mortgage · MR04
2025-02-21
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-11-08
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2024-11-08
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2024-08-08
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-08-08
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Charge satisfied #3
2024-07-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-06
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capital · SH01
2024-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-01-19
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capital · SH01
2022-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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accounts · AA01
2021-07-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-12
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ROBERTS, Joanne Jayne resigned
director
2020-03-06
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ZHOU, Bin appointed
director
2019-10-09
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LYU, Xinwei appointed
director
2019-07-11
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TANER, Deniz appointed
director
2019-03-14
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LEUNG, Wai Kwong appointed
director
2018-04-06
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HOLLOWAY, Laurel appointed
director
2017-03-10
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Charge satisfied #6
2017-03-10
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Charge satisfied #4
2016-03-18
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SALTER, Vivien appointed
director
2016-03-18
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ROBERTS, Joanne Jayne appointed
director
2016-03-01
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HOLLOWAY, Laurel appointed
secretary
2016-03-01
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SALTER, Vivien resigned
secretary
2015-01-30
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CROWNEY, Stephen resigned
director
2014-07-28
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Finance Wales Investments (3) LTD
2012-12-13
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2012-05-01
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CROWNEY, Stephen appointed
director
2009-05-21
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Finance Wales Investments (5) Limited
2009-05-20
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2005-05-01
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SALTER, Vivien resigned
director
1999-10-04
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bibby Factors Sunderland Limited
1993-11-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1985-11-18
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Company incorporated
As ACE LIFTS LTD

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Charles Arthur Salter Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	28/01/2017

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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1985-11-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Units 4 & 5

St. Ives Way, Factory Road Sandycroft

Deeside

Flintshire

CH5 2QS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-14

Last: 2025-06-30