ACE OF SPADES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04392842 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-12
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), 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 (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-20
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    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-06-16
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    BETTS, Ian Gary resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-12
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-12
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-05
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-04-01
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    BETTS, Kimberley appointed
    director
  14. 2016-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-04-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2006-11-05
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    BETTS, Ian Gary appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-10-26
    ➖
    PURCELLS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2004-12-31
    ➖
    RAWLINGS, Hannah Jane resigned
    secretary
  21. 2004-12-31
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    PURCELLS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2002-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE OF SPADES LIMITED
  23. 2002-03-12
    ➕
    BETTS, Justin Ian appointed
    director
  24. 2002-03-12
    ➕
    RAWLINGS, Hannah Jane appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-03-12
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-03-12
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-03-12
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2002-03-12
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Justin Ian Betts
Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Kimberley Betts
Individual · British · DOB 02/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

The Old Police House Eckweek Road
Peasedown St. John
Bath
BA2 8EQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BETTS, Justin Ian→
director · ~50y · appointed 2002-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BETTS, Kimberley→
director · ~39y · appointed 2017-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BETTS, Ian Gary→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-05 · resigned 2025-06-16
Resigned
RAWLINGS, Hannah Jane→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-12 · resigned 2004-12-31
Resigned
PURCELLS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-31 · resigned 2006-10-26
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-12 · resigned 2002-03-12
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-12 · resigned 2002-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-12