ACM GLOBAL CENTRAL LABORATORY LIMITED

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03809941 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-20
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£16.00M
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.7y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
31 officers (1 active, 31 linked, 22 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
174 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,004,347
Cash YoY
+41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7.7m
↑ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£16m
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£22m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4.5m£9.0m£13m£18m£22mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£16.40M£14.29M
Current assets£22.40M£20.12M
Cash£7.70M£5.45M
Debtors£13.62M£13.85M
Net assets£16.00M£13.87M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (83 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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  2. 2025-05-16
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  3. 2024-05-29
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  4. 2023-06-05
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  5. 2022-11-07
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  6. 2022-11-07
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-11-01
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    BABINEAU, Kenneth Bruce appointed
    director
  8. 2022-11-01
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    WRIGHT, Brian Hopkins resigned
    director
  9. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  10. 2021-06-04
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  11. 2021-05-12
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  12. 2021-05-12
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  13. 2020-05-13
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  14. 2020-04-28
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  15. 2020-04-28
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  16. 2019-06-20
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  17. 2019-03-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2019-03-15
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    FOLEY, John Vincent resigned
    director
  19. 2019-03-15
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    WRIGHT, Brian Hopkins appointed
    director
  20. 2019-03-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2019-03-15
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  22. 2018-11-25
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    GOODWIN, Lee, Dr resigned
    director
  23. 2018-08-28
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    WAITE, Charles Francis Simon resigned
    director
  24. 2018-03-13
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    BOXALL, Jeremy Mark resigned
    director
  25. 2018-03-13
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    GOODWIN, Lee, Dr appointed
    director
  26. 2018-03-13
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    WAITE, Charles Francis Simon appointed
    director
  27. 2017-11-09
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    FOLEY, John Vincent appointed
    director
  28. 2017-10-13
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    RAMACHANDRAN, Gita resigned
    director
  29. 2015-11-12
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    D'SOUZA, John, Dr resigned
    director
  30. 2015-11-12
    ➖
    PANZARELLA, Angela resigned
    director
  31. 2015-11-12
    ➕
    RAMACHANDRAN, Gita appointed
    director
  32. 2014-11-01
    ➖
    HERN, Warren resigned
    director
  33. 2012-03-26
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    SINGH, Sam Sarbjit resigned
    director
  34. 2011-08-16
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    PANZARELLA, Angela appointed
    director
  35. 2011-06-24
    ➖
    CARGES JR, Joseph Stephen resigned
    secretary
  36. 2011-06-24
    ➖
    CARGES JR, Joseph Stephen resigned
    director
  37. 2010-09-24
    ➖
    LOGAN, Elena resigned
    director
  38. 2010-09-23
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    D'SOUZA, John, Dr appointed
    director
  39. 2010-09-23
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    HERN, Warren appointed
    director
  40. 2010-05-14
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    GLENZ, Arthur Edward resigned
    director
  41. 2009-03-20
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    Charge satisfied #2
  42. 2009-03-04
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    CARGES JR, Joseph Stephen appointed
    secretary
  43. 2009-03-04
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    JOYCE, Jonathan Mark resigned
    secretary
  44. 2009-03-04
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    CARGES JR, Joseph Stephen appointed
    director
  45. 2009-03-04
    ➕
    GLENZ, Arthur Edward appointed
    director
  46. 2009-03-04
    ➖
    JOYCE, Jonathan Mark resigned
    director
  47. 2009-03-04
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    LOGAN, Elena appointed
    director
  48. 2007-03-01
    ➖
    NAPIER, Peter resigned
    director
  49. 2005-10-25
    ➖
    BOXALL, Jeremy Mark resigned
    secretary
  50. 2005-10-25
    ➕
    JOYCE, Jonathan Mark appointed
    secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 83 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Acm Global Central Laboratory Operations Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Acm Global Central Laboratory Operations Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ACM GLOBAL CENTRAL LABORATORY LIMITED
This company · 03809941

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Acm Global Central Laboratory Operations Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/01/2021
5 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Acm Global Central Laboratory Holding Ltdceased 12/05/2021· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Brian Hopkins Wrightceased 28/04/2020· board control
  • Mr John Vincent Foleyceased 15/03/2019· significant influence
  • Mr Jeremy Mark Boxallceased 13/03/2018· significant influence · firm interest
  • Ms Gita Ramachandronceased 23/11/2017· significant influence · firm interest

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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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

23 Hospital Fields Road
York
North Yorkshire
YO10 4DZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-04
Last: 2026-05-21

Officers (1 active · 30 resigned)

BABINEAU, Kenneth Bruce→
director · ~56y · appointed 2022-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOXALL, Jeremy Mark→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-02 · resigned 2005-10-25
Resigned
CARGES JR, Joseph Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-04 · resigned 2011-06-24
Resigned
DICKINSON, Paul Michael→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-13 · resigned 2005-08-02
Resigned
JOYCE, Jonathan Mark→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-25 · resigned 2009-03-04
Resigned
MCATEER, Stephen Gerald→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-20 · resigned 1999-10-12
Resigned
SINGH, Jaspal→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-13 · resigned 2002-05-13
Resigned
WILSON, Mark Richard→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-12 · resigned 2001-09-13
Resigned
LEGAL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-07-20 · resigned 1999-07-20
Resigned
BOXALL, Jeremy Mark→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-01-01 · resigned 2018-03-13
Resigned
CARGES JR, Joseph Stephen→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-03-04 · resigned 2011-06-24
Resigned
D'SOUZA, John, Dr→
director · ~83y · appointed 2010-09-23 · resigned 2015-11-12
Resigned
DICKINSON, Paul Michael→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-12-18 · resigned 2005-08-02
Resigned
DICKINSON, Paul Michael→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-10-22 · resigned 2000-10-04
Resigned
FOLEY, John Vincent→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-11-09 · resigned 2019-03-15
Resigned
GLENZ, Arthur Edward→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-03-04 · resigned 2010-05-14
Resigned
GOODWIN, Lee, Dr→
director · ~48y · appointed 2018-03-13 · resigned 2018-11-25
Resigned
HERN, Warren→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-09-23 · resigned 2014-11-01
Resigned
HIRST, Judith Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-07-20 · resigned 1999-09-28
Resigned
JOYCE, Jonathan Mark→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-10-25 · resigned 2009-03-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/08/200520/03/2009
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture containing fixed and floating charges1 property28/09/199912/08/2005

Recent filings (174 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-05-12