ACE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04422025 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-22
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£724.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £724,119
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£724k
↑ 8.5% YoY
Current Assets
£788k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £726.6k | £670.6k |
| Current assets | £788.2k | £697.3k |
| Net assets | £724.1k | £667.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-07-02📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-07-02📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-06-26📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-20📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-06-20🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-25📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2022-01-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-01-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2002-04-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ACE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- 2002-04-22➕NATHWANI, Bindu appointedsecretary
- 2002-04-22➕NATHWANI, Bindu appointeddirector
- 2002-04-22➕NATHWANI, Vijay appointeddirector
- 2002-04-22➕BREWER, Suzanne appointednominee-secretary
- 2002-04-22➖BREWER, Suzanne resignednominee-secretary
- 2002-04-22➕BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointednominee-director
- 2002-04-22➖BREWER, Kevin, Dr resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 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 candidateStrong 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 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Bindu Nathwani Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Vijay Nathwani Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Registered office
International House
15 Wedge Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 2HQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
NATHWANI, Bindu→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2002-04-22
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NATHWANI, Vijay→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2002-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BREWER, Suzanne→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
Resignednominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2002-04-22
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/11/2014 | 20/06/2023 |
Recent filings (67 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-02
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-07-02
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-07-02
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2022-01-25