ACKLAM MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03303574 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-16

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£7.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33140

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (77/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,331

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,127 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£7k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£523

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£6.9k	£6.8k
Current assets	£523	£601
Net assets	£7.3k	£9.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-05-30
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2020-08-17
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2017-04-19
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2016-09-28
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2016-02-01
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2015-06-30
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2015-01-21
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1997-01-16
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Company incorporated
As ACKLAM MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED
1997-01-16
➕
RUSE, Karen appointed
secretary
1997-01-16
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RUSE, James Ronald appointed
director
1997-01-16
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JPCORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-01-16
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JPCORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-01-16
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JPCORD LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-01-16
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JPCORD LIMITED resigned
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Karen Ruse Individual · English · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	07/07/2016
Mr James Ronald Ruse Individual · English · DOB 07/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/07/2016

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

Incorporated1997-01-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

9 Sadler Drive

Willowdene Marton

Middlesbrough

Cleveland

TS7 8HJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-30

Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

RUSE, Karen→

secretary · appointed 1997-01-16

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Active

RUSE, James Ronald→

director · ~68y · appointed 1997-01-16

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Active

JPCORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 1997-01-16

Resigned

JPCORD LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 1997-01-16

Resigned

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