ACE WALL TIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04224546 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-29

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 May 2025

Net worth

£89.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

62 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £88,963

Net assets shrinking

Down £39,885 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£89k

↓ 31% YoY

Current Assets

£81k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£89.0k	£128.8k
Current assets	£81.0k	£101.0k
Net assets	£89.0k	£128.8k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-09
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accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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accounts · AA
2023-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
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accounts · AA
2022-01-04
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accounts · AA
2020-09-25
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accounts · AA
2019-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-11-16
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accounts · AA
2017-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-02
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accounts · AA
2016-06-02
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-24
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accounts · AA
2015-06-10
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annual-return · AR01
2001-05-29
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Company incorporated
As ACE WALL TIES LIMITED
2001-05-29
➕
JASPER, Jacqueline Elaine appointed
secretary
2001-05-29
➕
JASPER, Jacqueline Elaine appointed
director
2001-05-29
➕
JASPER, Lee David appointed
director
2001-05-29
➕
STARTCO LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-05-29
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STARTCO LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-05-29
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NEWCO LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2001-05-29
➖
NEWCO LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Jacqueline Elaine Jasper Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/05/2016
Lee David Jasper Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/05/2016

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

Incorporated2001-05-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

34 Hazelhurst Crescent

Worthing

West Sussex

BN14 0HN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-27

Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JASPER, Jacqueline Elaine→

secretary · appointed 2001-05-29

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Active

JASPER, Jacqueline Elaine→

director · ~66y · appointed 2001-05-29

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Active

JASPER, Lee David→

director · ~60y · appointed 2001-05-29

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Active

STARTCO LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-05-29 · resigned 2001-05-29

Resigned

NEWCO LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2001-05-29 · resigned 2001-05-29

Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-30

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-01-24