ACE CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03696676 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 8 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
9 live charges · 8 lenders · oldest 24.9y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 8 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
103 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-29📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-15📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2025-06-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-04-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-03-31📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-25📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-02-02➕BRENNER, Mitchell Kurt appointeddirector
- 2024-02-01🔒Charge registered #9Lender: 1ST Containers (UK) Limited (05098040)
- 2024-01-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-12➖BIRDSALL, Sean Antony resigneddirector
- 2023-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-09📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-08-22📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-08-22📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-08-13🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2021-07-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-01➕HANSON, Samuel David appointeddirector
- 2021-02-10🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”)
- 2021-02-01🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2021-02-01🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2020-06-09🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2020-06-09🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2018-06-11🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Tvc Loans Npif Gp Limited as the General Partner of Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Limited
- 2016-03-15🔒Charge registered #6Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2015-12-08🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
- 2015-10-30🔒Charge registered #4Lender: David James Palmer
- 2015-10-30🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Patrick Charles Coghlan
- 2015-10-29➕BIRDSALL, Sean Antony appointeddirector
- 2014-03-29🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2014-02-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2008-05-30➖HANSON, Linda Irene resigneddirector
- 2001-07-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1999-01-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ACE CONTAINER SERVICES LIMITED
- 1999-01-18➕HANSON, John Douglas appointedsecretary
- 1999-01-18➕HANSON, John Douglas appointeddirector
- 1999-01-18➕EXPRESS FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-01-18➖EXPRESS FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-01-18➕HANSON, Linda Irene appointeddirector
- 1999-01-18➕EXPRESS REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-01-18➖EXPRESS REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 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
20/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HANSON, Samuel David (same surname) appointed 2021-07-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1485 LTD→ 11797140 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| 1671 LTD→ 10818391 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| 3LINECARRENTALS LTD→ 16591955 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3X5ACCOUNTANCY LTD→ 13892421 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| A & A STEVENS CONSULTING LIMITED→ 10027945 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| AARDVARK ABACUS LIMITED→ 12157341 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| ACCESS 13 LIMITED→ 05597188 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ACCESS SERVICES GROUP LTD→ 14774289 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS YORKSHIRE LTD→ 10047227 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ACCOUNTS GEEK LTD→ 10541256 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ACE CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 14941224 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ACE FABRICATIONS (YORKSHIRE) LTD→ 12111847 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Registered office
Haigh Park Road
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS10 1RT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
HANSON, John Douglas→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRENNER, Mitchell Kurt→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2024-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HANSON, John Douglas→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1999-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HANSON, Samuel David→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2021-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EXPRESS FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-18 · resigned 1999-01-18
BIRDSALL, Sean Antony→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2015-10-29 · resigned 2024-01-12
HANSON, Linda Irene→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 1999-01-18 · resigned 2008-05-30
EXPRESS REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-01-18 · resigned 1999-01-18
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Mortgages & charges
9
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
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| outstanding | 1ST Containers (UK) (05098040) 1ST Containers (UK) Limited (05098040) | A registered charge | — | 01/02/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”) | A registered charge | — | 10/02/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Tvc Loans Npif Gp as the General Partner of Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Tvc Loans Npif Gp Limited as the General Partner of Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 11/06/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 15/03/2016 | 01/02/2021 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 08/12/2015 | 13/08/2021 | |
| satisfied | David James Palmer | A registered charge | — | 30/10/2015 | 09/06/2020 | |
| satisfied | Patrick Charles Coghlan | A registered charge | — | 30/10/2015 | 09/06/2020 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/02/2014 | 01/02/2021 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 04/07/2001 | 29/03/2014 |
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Recent filings (103 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-05
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-07-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-03
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-02-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-29