A & C TRANSLATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03097133 · ltd · incorporated 1995-08-31
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-26
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  3. 2024-03-25
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  4. 2023-11-27
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-11-09
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2023-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-03-22
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  9. 2019-12-24
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  10. 2018-12-27
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  11. 2017-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-12-30
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    LUGARD, Colin Robert resigned
    director
  17. 1998-04-01
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    LUGARD, Colin Robert appointed
    director
  18. 1995-09-01
    ➖
    RAPID COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1995-09-01
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    RAPID NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 1995-08-31
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    Company incorporated
    As A & C TRANSLATIONS LIMITED
  21. 1995-08-31
    ➕
    HAMMALI, Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  22. 1995-08-31
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    HAMMALI, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  23. 1995-08-31
    ➕
    HAMMALI, Younis appointed
    director
  24. 1995-08-31
    ➕
    RAPID COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1995-08-31
    ➕
    RAPID NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Jacqueline Hammali
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
50–75%
—50-75% shares · firm interest31/08/2016
Mr Younis Hammali
Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting31/08/2016

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
Incorporated1995-08-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Wyndhams Croft
Whiteditch Lane Newport
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 3UD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HAMMALI, Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 1995-08-31
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Active
HAMMALI, Jacqueline→
director · ~72y · appointed 1995-08-31
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Active
HAMMALI, Younis→
director · ~78y · appointed 1995-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAPID COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-08-31 · resigned 1995-09-01
Resigned
LUGARD, Colin Robert→
director · ~81y · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 2011-12-30
Resigned
RAPID NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-08-31 · resigned 1995-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-11-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-24