ACCLAIM SAFETY SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03923418 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-10

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£478.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62090Other information technology service activities
86900Other human health activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -38% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £478,297

Cash YoY

-38%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£124k

↓ 38% YoY

Net Worth

£478k

↑ 9.0% YoY

Current Assets

£991k

↓ 6.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£479.9k	£439.6k
Current assets	£990.7k	£1.06M
Cash	£123.6k	£200.6k
Debtors	£867.2k	£861.1k
Net assets	£478.3k	£438.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-10-15
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officers · AP03
2025-10-14
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BROWN, Nicola appointed
secretary
2025-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
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address · AD01
2024-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-03-11
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-03-09
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capital · SH10
2022-03-09
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capital · SH08
2022-03-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-03-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-07
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-28
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BROWN, Andrew John appointed
director
2022-02-28
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RITCHIE, David appointed
director
2021-08-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2002-03-18
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RAMSELL, Paul Michael appointed
director
2002-03-18
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HARRISS, Ray resigned
director
2000-02-10
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Company incorporated
As ACCLAIM SAFETY SYSTEMS LIMITED
2000-02-10
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GAWEN, Jacqueline Ruth appointed
secretary
2000-02-10
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GAWEN, Jacqueline Ruth appointed
director
2000-02-10
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-02-10
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-02-10
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HARRISS, Ray appointed
director
2000-02-10
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-02-10
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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

clean

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

Group structure

Pace It Systems Holdings Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Pace It Systems Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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ACCLAIM SAFETY SYSTEMS LIMITED

This company · 03923418

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Pace It Systems Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	28/02/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Paul Michael Ramsellceased 28/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Miss Jacqueline Ruth Gawenceased 28/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2000-02-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Stonebridge House 151 Wakefield Road

Horbury

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF4 5HQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-23

Last: 2025-06-09