ACE PROPERTY RESTORATION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02050099 · ltd · incorporated 1986-08-27
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 38.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£230.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · oldest 38.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £230,174
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£249k
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£230k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£278k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £238.0k | £193.6k |
| Current assets | £277.7k | £227.6k |
| Cash | £248.9k | £202.8k |
| Debtors | £6.4k | £2.3k |
| Net assets | £230.2k | £193.6k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
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
- 2026-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-18📍default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officeraddress · RP09
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-07-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-08-03➕PAYNTER, Gabrielle Mally appointeddirector
- 2020-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-04-05➕PAYNTER, Anthony John appointeddirector
- 2006-10-23➕PAYNTER, Mark Gordon appointeddirector
- 1997-07-01🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1991-12-13🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1990-04-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1987-11-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1986-08-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ACE PROPERTY RESTORATION LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mark Gordon Paynter Individual · British · DOB 05/1982 · age 44 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Gabrielle Mally Paynter Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/03/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Clifford Frederick Paynterceased 03/08/2020· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-08-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing
Registered office
21 Church Road
Parkstone
Poole
Dorset
BH14 8UF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-13
Last: 2025-05-30
Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)
Active
PAYNTER, Anthony John→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2008-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAYNTER, Gabrielle Mally→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2020-08-03
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Active
PAYNTER, Mark Gordon→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2006-10-23
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 01/07/1997 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 13/12/1991 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 27/04/1990 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/11/1987 | — |
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Recent filings (113 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-25
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-09