ACE CUTTERS (LONDON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02801858 · ltd · incorporated 1993-03-19
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 28.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£118.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25730
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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 28.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.2 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: 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
93 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £118,344
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,342 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£118k
↓ 7.3% YoY
Current Assets
£138k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£32k£65k£97k£129k£161kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£128.0k£147.8k
Current assets£137.7k£161.3k
Net assets£118.3k£127.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-22
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  2. 2025-03-23
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  3. 2024-03-08
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  4. 2023-03-10
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  5. 2022-03-13
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  6. 2021-02-23
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  7. 2020-03-03
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  8. 2018-11-17
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  9. 2018-03-05
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  10. 2017-03-14
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  11. 2016-03-21
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  12. 2015-12-30
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  13. 2015-03-24
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  14. 2015-02-11
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  15. 2014-03-24
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  16. 2008-04-06
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    AXFORD, James resigned
    secretary
  17. 2003-06-30
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    GOLDING, Kenneth John resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-06-30
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    AXFORD, Peter resigned
    director
  19. 2003-06-30
    ➖
    GOLDING, Kenneth John resigned
    director
  20. 2003-06-30
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    RUGMAN, Ronald James resigned
    director
  21. 2003-03-31
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    AXFORD, James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-07-01
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    AXFORD, James appointed
    director
  23. 2002-07-01
    ➕
    COE, Trevor Nathaniel appointed
    director
  24. 2002-07-01
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    WILLIAMS, John James appointed
    director
  25. 1998-03-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  26. 1993-03-22
    ➕
    GOLDING, Kenneth John appointed
    secretary
  27. 1993-03-22
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    GUDKA, Shilpa resigned
    secretary
  28. 1993-03-22
    ➕
    AXFORD, Peter appointed
    director
  29. 1993-03-22
    ➕
    GOLDING, Kenneth John appointed
    director
  30. 1993-03-22
    ➖
    GUDKA, Shilpa resigned
    director
  31. 1993-03-22
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    LEE, Tony Gary resigned
    director
  32. 1993-03-22
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    RUGMAN, Ronald James appointed
    director
  33. 1993-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE CUTTERS (LONDON) LIMITED
  34. 1993-03-19
    ➕
    GUDKA, Shilpa appointed
    secretary
  35. 1993-03-19
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    GUDKA, Shilpa appointed
    director
  36. 1993-03-19
    ➕
    LEE, Tony Gary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Trevor Coe
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Axford
Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr John Williams
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25730 — SIC 25730

Registered office

Chantry Works
Faraday Way
Orpington
Kent
BR5 3QW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

AXFORD, James→
director · ~49y · appointed 2002-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COE, Trevor Nathaniel→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-07-01
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Active
WILLIAMS, John James→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-07-01
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Active
AXFORD, James→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-31 · resigned 2008-04-06
Resigned
GOLDING, Kenneth John→
secretary · appointed 1993-03-22 · resigned 2003-06-30
Resigned
GUDKA, Shilpa→
secretary · appointed 1993-03-19 · resigned 1993-03-22
Resigned
AXFORD, Peter→
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-03-22 · resigned 2003-06-30
Resigned
GOLDING, Kenneth John→
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-03-22 · resigned 2003-06-30
Resigned
GUDKA, Shilpa→
director · ~58y · appointed 1993-03-19 · resigned 1993-03-22
Resigned
LEE, Tony Gary→
director · ~62y · appointed 1993-03-19 · resigned 1993-03-22
Resigned
RUGMAN, Ronald James→
director · ~82y · appointed 1993-03-22 · resigned 2003-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/03/1998—
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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
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2022-03-19
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accounts · AA
2022-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-19