ACM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04409079 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2026
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-04-302025-04-30
Average employees22

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2026-01-27
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2002-04-18
    ➕
    MORRISON, Vivien appointed
    secretary
  16. 2002-04-18
    ➕
    MORRISON, Andrew Charles appointed
    director
  17. 2002-04-18
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2002-04-18
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  19. 2002-04-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ACM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  20. 2002-04-04
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-04-04
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
Ms Vivien Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/04/2025
Mr Andrew Charles Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71
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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-04-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Gable House
239 Regents Park Road
London
N3 3LF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2026-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last: 2026-06-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MORRISON, Vivien→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON, Andrew Charles→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-04 · resigned 2002-04-18
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-04 · resigned 2002-04-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-10