ACRE COMPANY UK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03006361 · ltd · incorporated 1995-01-05
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 25.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2022-08-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2000-08-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
  17. 2000-08-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
  18. 1995-01-23
    ➕
    ZAKS, Violet appointed
    secretary
  19. 1995-01-23
    ➕
    ZAKS, Gregory appointed
    director
  20. 1995-01-23
    ➖
    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1995-01-23
    ➖
    BUYVIEW LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1995-01-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ACRE COMPANY UK LIMITED
  23. 1995-01-05
    ➕
    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-01-05
    ➕
    BUYVIEW LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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.
  • 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 31 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Violet Zaks
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/08/2022
Mr Gregory Roman Zaks
Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-01-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

39 High Street
Battle
East Sussex
TN33 0EE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ZAKS, Violet→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ZAKS, Gregory→
director · ~71y · appointed 1995-01-23
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Active
AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-01-05 · resigned 1995-01-23
Resigned
BUYVIEW LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-01-05 · resigned 1995-01-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
Debenture1 property23/08/2000—
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property23/08/2000—
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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-22