AACS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02491884 · ltd · incorporated 1990-04-11
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-318.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 29.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.3 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 (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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 declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £318,695
Cash YoY
+455%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↑ 455% YoY
Net Worth
-£319k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£196k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£319k-£216k-£113k-£10k£93k£196kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£3.7k£-95.9k
Current assets£196.4k£142.3k
Cash£6.0k£1.1k
Debtors£178.4k£135.7k
Net assets£-318.7k£-265.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-17
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-01-03
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    REA, Darren Christopher resigned
    director
  4. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-03
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-21
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    REA, Darren Christopher appointed
    director
  9. 2022-08-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-08-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-08-09
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    PALLISTER, Ekaterina appointed
    director
  12. 2022-08-09
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    WILKINSON, John resigned
    director
  13. 2022-04-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-04-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2022-02-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2022-02-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2022-01-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2022-01-26
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    capital · SH08
  19. 2022-01-25
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  20. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2017-01-27
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    WILKINSON, John appointed
    director
  24. 2016-06-17
    ➖
    PALLISTER, Doris resigned
    secretary
  25. 2016-06-17
    ➖
    PALLISTER, Derek Atkinson resigned
    director
  26. 2016-06-17
    ➖
    PALLISTER, Doris resigned
    director
  27. 2016-06-16
    ➕
    PALLISTER, Ludmila Askoldovna appointed
    secretary
  28. 2016-06-16
    ➕
    PALLISTER, Ludmila Askoldovna appointed
    director
  29. 2015-12-11
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Edwin resigned
    director
  30. 2014-10-08
    ➖
    PALLISTER, Graeme Atkinson resigned
    director
  31. 2010-05-28
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Edwin appointed
    director
  32. 2001-11-22
    ➖
    ELLISON, Susan resigned
    director
  33. 1997-02-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  34. 1990-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AACS LIMITED

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PALLISTER, Ekaterina (same surname) appointed 2022-08-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Ludmila Askoldovna Pallister
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Unit H1 Washington Business Centre
2 Turbine Way
Sunderland
SR5 3NZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

PALLISTER, Ludmila Askoldovna→
secretary · appointed 2016-06-16
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Active
PALLISTER, Ekaterina→
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-08-09
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Active
PALLISTER, Ludmila Askoldovna→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-06-16
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Active
PALLISTER, Doris→
secretary · resigned 2016-06-17
Resigned
ELLISON, Susan→
director · ~61y · resigned 2001-11-22
Resigned
PALLISTER, Derek Atkinson→
director · ~96y · resigned 2016-06-17
Resigned
PALLISTER, Doris→
director · ~94y · resigned 2016-06-17
Resigned
PALLISTER, Graeme Atkinson→
director · ~69y · resigned 2014-10-08
Resigned
REA, Darren Christopher→
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-11-21 · resigned 2025-01-03
Resigned
WILKINSON, John→
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-01-27 · resigned 2022-08-09
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Edwin→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-05-28 · resigned 2015-12-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property06/02/1997—
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Recent filings (111 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28