A.A.C. SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02433281 · ltd · incorporated 1989-10-17
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 26.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£5.19M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wireless telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 26.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
97 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £5,194,073
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£690k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£5.2m
↑ 7.6% YoY
Current Assets
£5.3m
↑ 7.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.19M | £4.83M |
| Current assets | £5.26M | £4.91M |
| Cash | £690.4k | £689.4k |
| Debtors | £4.57M | £4.21M |
| Net assets | £5.19M | £4.83M |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-09-01🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-03-31➕MARKS, Johanna Kesmin appointedsecretary
- 2006-03-31➖TINNER, Richard resignedsecretary
- 2005-08-01➖MARKS, Johanna Kesmin resignedsecretary
- 2005-08-01➕TINNER, Richard appointedsecretary
- 1999-08-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Vodafone Limited
- 1994-04-01➕MARKS, Roger Julian appointeddirector
- 1994-04-01➖MARKS, David Alex resigneddirector
- 1989-10-17🏢Company incorporatedAs A.A.C. SERVICES 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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Johanna Kesmin Marks Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Roger Julian Marks Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC61200 — Wireless telecommunications activities
Registered office
Manton Lane
Bedford
MK41 7TL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
MARKS, Johanna Kesmin→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARKS, Roger Julian→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 1994-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MARKS, Johanna Kesmin→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2005-08-01
TINNER, Richard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-08-01 · resigned 2006-03-31
MARKS, David Alex→
Resigneddirector · ~96y · resigned 1994-04-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Vodafone Vodafone Limited | Deed of charge | 2 properties | 18/08/1999 | 01/09/2020 |
Recent filings (97 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30