ACE FIRE ALARMS & SECURITY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03075986 · ltd · incorporated 1995-07-05

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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accounts · AA
2026-04-20
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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-06-24
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officers · AP01
2025-06-23
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officers · AP03
2025-06-23
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officers · AP01
2025-06-23
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officers · AP01
2025-06-19
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GONSALVES, Deborah Louise appointed
secretary
2025-06-19
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GONSALVES, Deborah Louise appointed
director
2025-06-19
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REDFEARN, Michael Anthony appointed
director
2025-06-19
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RICHARDS, Amber Nicole appointed
director
2025-03-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
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accounts · AA
2023-06-20
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officers · CH03
2023-06-20
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officers · CH01
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2022-12-02
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-01-14
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accounts · AA
2021-01-11
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accounts · AA
2020-04-02
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accounts · AA
2019-01-02
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accounts · AA
2010-03-05
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RICHARDS, Lee James resigned
director
2009-10-06
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REDFEARN, Michael Anthony appointed
director
2009-10-06
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REDFEARN, Michael Anthony resigned
director
2002-06-11
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RICHARDS, Lee James appointed
director
2002-02-26
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WILKINSON, John Varley resigned
director
1995-07-06
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REDFEARN, Michael Joseph appointed
secretary
1995-07-06
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REDFEARN, Michael Joseph appointed
director
1995-07-06
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-07-06
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WILKINSON, John Varley appointed
director
1995-07-06
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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1995-07-05
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Company incorporated
As ACE FIRE ALARMS & SECURITY LIMITED
1995-07-05
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
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1995-07-05
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Joseph Redfearn Individual · British · DOB 02/1940 · age 86	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2017

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-07-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1 Wixenford Industrial

Estate,Colesdown Hill

Plymouth

Devon

PL9 8AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last: 2026-04-16