AC COMMERCIALS (MALTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03888719 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-06
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£72.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 29201
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £72,209
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,341 YoY
Cash YoY
-3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£78k
↓ 3.3% YoY
Net Worth
£72k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£168k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£76k£115k£153k£191kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£76.2k£99.8k
Current assets£167.9k£190.9k
Cash£78.3k£81.0k
Debtors£78.6k£105.2k
Net assets£72.2k£89.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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  2. 2024-04-26
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  3. 2024-04-09
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  4. 2024-04-09
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  5. 2023-09-22
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  6. 2023-01-24
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  7. 2023-01-24
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  8. 2022-06-09
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  9. 2021-06-10
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  10. 2020-07-24
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  11. 2019-06-14
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  12. 2018-06-06
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  13. 2017-12-11
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  14. 2017-12-11
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  15. 2017-12-11
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  16. 2017-06-27
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  17. 1999-12-08
    ➕
    FLINTON, Adrian appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-12-08
    ➕
    FLINTON, Adrian appointed
    director
  19. 1999-12-08
    ➕
    MORLEY, William appointed
    director
  20. 1999-12-08
    ➕
    RUANE, Peter Stephen appointed
    director
  21. 1999-12-08
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-12-08
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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  23. 1999-12-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AC COMMERCIALS (MALTON) LIMITED
  24. 1999-12-06
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-12-06
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Adrian Flinton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
William Morley
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Peter Stephen Ruane
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-12-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC29201 — SIC 29201

Registered office

Unit 4b Seph Way
York Road Industrial Park
Malton
North Yorkshire
YO17 6YF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

FLINTON, Adrian→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-08
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Active
FLINTON, Adrian→
director · ~61y · appointed 1999-12-08
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Active
MORLEY, William→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-12-08
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Active
RUANE, Peter Stephen→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-12-08
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-06 · resigned 1999-12-08
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-12-06 · resigned 1999-12-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

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2025-12-15
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accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-13