ACI EXPRESS (UK) LTD
🌳Matureactive
03724604 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-02
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.38M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51210
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.4y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,377,024
Net assets shrinking
Down £315,814 YoY
Cash YoY
-20%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.1m
↓ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.45M | £1.71M |
| Current assets | £1.52M | £1.86M |
| Cash | £1.06M | £1.33M |
| Debtors | £452.9k | £529.3k |
| Net assets | £1.38M | £1.69M |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-12➕CHANG, Boyoun appointeddirector
- 2022-09-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-01-05➕JUNG, Chul Ho appointeddirector
- 2020-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-03-01🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Korea Exchange Bank
- 2012-03-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Korea Exchange Bank
- 2012-01-17➕CHUNG, Sung Wook appointeddirector
- 2012-01-17➖CHUNG, Sung Wook resignedsecretary
- 2012-01-17➖CHUNG, Sin Il resigneddirector
- 2005-01-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1999-03-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ACI EXPRESS (UK) LTD
- 1999-03-02➕CHUNG, Sung Wook appointedsecretary
- 1999-03-02➕CHUNG, Sin Il appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
cleanNo 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 Sung Wook Chung Individual · South Korean · DOB 10/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC51210 — SIC 51210
Registered office
Unit 7 Airlinks Industrial Estate
Spitfire Way
Heston
Middlesex
TW5 9NR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
CHANG, Boyoun→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2022-09-12
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CHUNG, Sung Wook→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2012-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JUNG, Chul Ho→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2021-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CHUNG, Sung Wook→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-03-02 · resigned 2012-01-17
CHUNG, Sin Il→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · appointed 1999-03-02 · resigned 2012-01-17
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Korea Exchange Bank | Loan and l/c facility letter | 1 property | 01/03/2012 | — | |
| outstanding | Korea Exchange Bank | Legal charge over cash deposit | 1 property | 01/03/2012 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 19/01/2005 | — |
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Recent filings (73 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-06