ACS LINING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02956502 · ltd · incorporated 1994-08-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£874.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
84 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £874,729
Net assets shrinking
Down £33,030 YoY
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£690k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£875k
↓ 3.6% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 6.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£212k£424k£636k£848k£1.1mSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£874.7k£907.8k
Current assets£1.06M£997.0k
Cash£690.3k£804.3k
Debtors£291.5k£146.5k
Net assets£874.7k£907.8k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-20
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-03-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-28
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    MCCONNELL, Stephen John resigned
    director
  8. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1995-09-01
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Andrew Martin appointed
    director
  17. 1994-10-06
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Claire Susan appointed
    secretary
  18. 1994-10-06
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  19. 1994-10-06
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director
  20. 1994-10-06
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Stephen John appointed
    director
  21. 1994-08-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACS LINING LIMITED
  22. 1994-08-08
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1994-08-08
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Martin Mcconnell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stephen John Mcconnellceased 28/09/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1994-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Phoenix House
2 Huddersfield Road
Stalybridge
Cheshire
SK15 2QA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCCONNELL, Claire Susan→
secretary · appointed 1994-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCONNELL, Andrew Martin→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-08-08 · resigned 1994-10-06
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1994-08-08 · resigned 1994-10-06
Resigned
MCCONNELL, Stephen John→
director · ~70y · appointed 1994-10-06 · resigned 2022-09-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

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2026-06-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21