ACE EVENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04194625 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-05

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£10.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £10,095

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£10k

↑ 80% YoY

Current Assets

£15k

↓ 4.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£11.3k	£7.8k
Current assets	£15.2k	£16.0k
Net assets	£10.1k	£5.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-13
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2025-01-21
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2024-01-29
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accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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accounts · AA
2022-01-27
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accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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accounts · AA
2020-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-08-28
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address · AD01
2019-04-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-04-02
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officers · CH01
2019-04-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-01-31
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accounts · AA
2018-04-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-01-30
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accounts · AA
2016-12-15
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accounts · AA
2009-04-20
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JAMES, Susan Anne appointed
secretary
2009-04-20
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WARD, Amanda resigned
secretary
2001-04-05
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Company incorporated
As ACE EVENTS LIMITED
2001-04-05
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JAMES, Brian Richard appointed
director
2001-04-05
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WARD, Warren Ross appointed
director
2001-04-05
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WARD, Amanda appointed
secretary
2001-04-05
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-04-05
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-04-05
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-04-05
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Warren Ross Ward Individual · English · DOB 05/1962 · age 64	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	19/08/2016

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

Incorporated2001-04-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

C/O James & Co Accountants Ltd Venture House

Endeavour Park

Boston

PE21 7TW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-19

Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

JAMES, Susan Anne→

secretary · appointed 2009-04-20

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Active

JAMES, Brian Richard→

director · ~82y · appointed 2001-04-05

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Active

WARD, Warren Ross→

director · ~64y · appointed 2001-04-05

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Active

WARD, Amanda→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-05 · resigned 2009-04-20

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-05 · resigned 2001-04-05

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-05 · resigned 2001-04-05

Resigned

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