A. C. E. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03217162 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-26
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
£557.8k
year to May 2025
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 31% YoY
Turnover YoY
+31%
Year on year

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
Turnover£557.8k£425.1k
Average employees400-400

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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-10
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    CARTER, Joshua Arthur Lucas appointed
    director
  4. 2024-06-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-08-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2017-12-15
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    CARTER, Alfred William resigned
    director
  15. 2017-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 1997-04-17
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    CARTER, Alfred William appointed
    director
  20. 1996-10-28
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    CARTER, Alfred William resigned
    director
  21. 1996-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As A. C. E. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING COMPANY LIMITED
  22. 1996-06-26
    ➕
    CARTER, Margaret Rose appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-06-26
    ➕
    CARTER, Russell Lyn appointed
    director
  24. 1996-06-26
    ➕
    FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1996-06-26
    ➖
    FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-06-26
    ➕
    CARTER, Alfred William appointed
    director
  27. 1996-06-26
    ➕
    FNCS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1996-06-26
    ➖
    FNCS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CARTER, Joshua Arthur Lucas (same surname) appointed 2024-06-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Margaret Rose Carter
Individual · British · DOB 10/1942 · age 84
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Russell Lyn Carter
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alfred William Carterceased 01/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1996-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

29 Mill Street Mill Street
Usk
NP15 1AP
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-14
Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

CARTER, Margaret Rose→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, Joshua Arthur Lucas→
director · ~25y · appointed 2024-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, Russell Lyn→
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-26 · resigned 1996-06-26
Resigned
CARTER, Alfred William→
director · ~86y · appointed 1997-04-17 · resigned 2017-12-15
Resigned
CARTER, Alfred William→
director · ~86y · appointed 1996-06-26 · resigned 1996-10-28
Resigned
FNCS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-26 · resigned 1996-06-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-04