A.C.A. SCAFFOLDING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03576387 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-05

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£116.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 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 £116,328

Net assets shrinking

Down £22,503 YoY

Cash YoY

-16%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£24k

↓ 16% YoY

Net Worth

£116k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£25k

↓ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£116.3k	£138.8k
Current assets	£24.5k	£34.2k
Cash	£24.3k	£29.0k
Debtors	£245	£5.2k
Net assets	£116.3k	£138.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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2024-03-21
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2023-02-21
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2022-03-29
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accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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accounts · AA
2020-03-30
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2019-03-27
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accounts · AA
2018-09-17
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address · AD01
2017-11-07
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accounts · AA
2017-02-16
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accounts · AA
2016-02-25
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accounts · AA
2016-01-18
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-15
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officers · TM01
2016-01-15
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officers · TM02
2016-01-02
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SMITH, Alan John resigned
secretary
2016-01-02
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SMITH, Alan John resigned
director
1998-12-01
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SMITH, Alan John appointed
secretary
1998-12-01
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SMITH, Sarah Jane resigned
secretary
1998-06-08
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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1998-06-08
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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1998-06-06
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HUNT, Graham Paul appointed
director
1998-06-06
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SMITH, Sarah Jane appointed
secretary
1998-06-06
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SMITH, Alan John appointed
director
1998-06-05
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Company incorporated
As A.C.A. SCAFFOLDING LIMITED
1998-06-05
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-06-05
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graham Paul Hunt Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	12/01/2017

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

Incorporated1998-06-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Asm House

103a Keymer Road

Hassocks

West Sussex

BN6 8QL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-30

Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

HUNT, Graham Paul→

director · ~67y · appointed 1998-06-06

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Active

SMITH, Alan John→

secretary · appointed 1998-12-01 · resigned 2016-01-02

Resigned

SMITH, Sarah Jane→

secretary · appointed 1998-06-06 · resigned 1998-12-01

Resigned

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-06-05 · resigned 1998-06-08

Resigned

SMITH, Alan John→

director · ~64y · appointed 1998-06-06 · resigned 2016-01-02

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-06-05 · resigned 1998-06-08

Resigned

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