ACP MARKETING UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03972747 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other reservation service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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

1 live charge · oldest 15.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Profit before tax—£13.3k
Average employees1100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-17
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2017-07-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-07-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-07-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2017-05-16
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Ian appointed
    secretary
  19. 2017-05-16
    ➕
    POPESCU, Andrew Marcel appointed
    director
  20. 2017-05-16
    ➖
    GAY, John David Anthony resigned
    secretary
  21. 2017-05-16
    ➖
    GAY, John David Anthony resigned
    director
  22. 2011-02-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: LC25 Limited
  23. 2000-04-20
    ➕
    POPESCU, Alexander appointed
    director
  24. 2000-04-20
    ➕
    POPESCU, Diane appointed
    director
  25. 2000-04-20
    ➕
    GAY, John David Anthony appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-04-20
    ➕
    GAY, John David Anthony appointed
    director
  27. 2000-04-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ACP MARKETING UK LIMITED
  28. 2000-04-14
    ➕
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2000-04-14
    ➖
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2000-04-14
    ➕
    BONUSWORTH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2000-04-14
    ➖
    BONUSWORTH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 75 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Popescu
Individual · Canadian · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79909 — Other reservation service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

231 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London
SW1V 1AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-09
Last: 2025-05-26

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2017-05-16
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Active
POPESCU, Alexander→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-04-20
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Active
POPESCU, Andrew Marcel→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-05-16
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Active
POPESCU, Diane→
director · ~75y · appointed 2000-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAY, John David Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-20 · resigned 2017-05-16
Resigned
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-14 · resigned 2000-04-14
Resigned
GAY, John David Anthony→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-04-20 · resigned 2017-05-16
Resigned
BONUSWORTH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-14 · resigned 2000-04-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
LC25
LC25 Limited
Rent deposit deed3 properties01/02/2011—
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Recent filings (79 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-15