ACEO LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03836436 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-06
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46342SIC 46342
Investor take
PursueLeverage-led grower with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 15.7y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 2 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 102Profitable
Profit before tax £568,929
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £568.9k | £-557.4k |
| Average employees | 58 | 6600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-22📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-09-22🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2025-07-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-08🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming(Otherwise Sir Alastair Gordon Cumming) as Partner of and Trustee for Altyre Partnership
- 2024-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-10-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-10-15🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee
- 2020-10-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee
- 2019-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-09-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-09-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2015-09-25➖ALEXIOU, Sofia resignedsecretary
- 2013-10-03➕ALEXIOU, Sofia appointedsecretary
- 2011-10-20➖BYRNE, Gemanda Louisa, Mrs. resignedsecretary
- 2010-09-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2009-04-02➕BYRNE, Gemanda Louisa, Mrs. appointedsecretary
- 2009-04-02➖AGINCOURT PRACTICE LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-09-03➖LOUGHLIN, Paula Mary resignedsecretary
- 2007-09-03➕AGINCOURT PRACTICE LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2001-06-08➕LOUGHLIN, Paula Mary appointedsecretary
- 2001-06-08➖ODIM, Edward resignedsecretary
- 2001-06-08➖CURRIE, Andrew Nigel resigneddirector
- 1999-09-06🏢Company incorporatedAs ACEO LIMITED
- 1999-09-06➕ODIM, Edward appointeddirector
- 1999-09-06➕ODIM, Edward appointedsecretary
- 1999-09-06➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-09-06➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-09-06➕CURRIE, Andrew Nigel appointeddirector
- 1999-09-06➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-09-06➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 27 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 candidateStrong 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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 Edward Odim Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
9 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-09-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
Hillside Farm
Rodley
Westbury-On-Severn
Gloucestershire
GL14 1QZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26
Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)
ODIM, Edward→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 1999-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALEXIOU, Sofia→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-10-03 · resigned 2015-09-25
BYRNE, Gemanda Louisa, Mrs.→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-04-02 · resigned 2011-10-20
LOUGHLIN, Paula Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-06-08 · resigned 2007-09-03
ODIM, Edward→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-09-06 · resigned 2001-06-08
AGINCOURT PRACTICE LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-03 · resigned 2009-04-02
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-06 · resigned 1999-09-06
CURRIE, Andrew Nigel→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 1999-09-06 · resigned 2001-06-08
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-06 · resigned 1999-09-06
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming(Otherwise Sir Alastair Gordon Cumming) as Partner of and Trustee for Altyre Partnership / Lady Lousia Gordon Cumming as Partner of and Trustee for of Altyre Partnership / William Gordon Cumming as Partner of and Trustee for Altyre Partnership and as an Individual | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/07/2025 | 22/09/2025 | |
| outstanding | Santander Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee | A registered charge | — | 15/10/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Santander Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee | A registered charge | — | 15/10/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Santander Santander UK PLC | Charge on cash deposits | 1 property | 10/09/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (94 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-10-15