A & C SERVICES (OXFORD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04314048 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-31

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Oct 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43342Glazing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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, 2 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

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

60 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31

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

filings

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Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

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2001-10-31
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Company incorporated
As A & C SERVICES (OXFORD) LIMITED
2001-10-31
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CURTIS, Alison appointed
secretary
2001-10-31
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CURTIS, Alison appointed
director
2001-10-31
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CURTIS, Andrew Paul appointed
director
2001-10-31
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CURTIS, Clare appointed
director
2001-10-31
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CURTIS, Craig David appointed
director
2001-10-31
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-31
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-31
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-10-31
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

66/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Alison Curtis Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/10/2016
Mrs Claire Curtis Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/10/2016
Mr Andy Curtis Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/10/2016
Mr Craig David Curtis Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/10/2016

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

Incorporated2001-10-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

282a Abingdon Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX1 4TE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-24

Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

CURTIS, Alison→

secretary · appointed 2001-10-31

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Active

CURTIS, Alison→

director · ~59y · appointed 2001-10-31

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Active

CURTIS, Andrew Paul→

director · ~62y · appointed 2001-10-31

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Active

CURTIS, Clare→

director · ~58y · appointed 2001-10-31

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Active

CURTIS, Craig David→

director · ~60y · appointed 2001-10-31

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Active

SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2001-10-31

Resigned

WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2001-10-31

Resigned

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