A. C. CLEANING SERVICES (WOLVERHAMPTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04539477 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-19

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 23.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.4y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

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

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	4200	4100

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

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-15
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officers · CH03
2026-05-15
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officers · CH01
2025-04-14
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accounts · AA
2025-04-01
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mortgage · MR04
2025-04-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-01
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Charge satisfied #3
2025-04-01
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
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2022-07-27
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accounts · AA
2021-08-26
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accounts · AA
2020-11-26
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accounts · AA
2019-07-30
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accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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mortgage · MR01
2019-03-27
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-12-20
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2018-12-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-11-19
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-11-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-06-09
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CARTWRIGHT, Yvonne Nita appointed
director
2002-12-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2002-09-19
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Company incorporated
As A. C. CLEANING SERVICES (WOLVERHAMPTON) LIMITED
2002-09-19
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CARTWRIGHT, Yvonne Nita appointed
secretary
2002-09-19
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CARTWRIGHT, Andrew John appointed
director
2002-09-19
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-19
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-19
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-09-19
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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.
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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew John Cartwright Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Yvonne Nita Cartwright Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-09-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

Benton Works

16 Victoria Street

Willenhall

West Midlands

WV13 1DR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-03

Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CARTWRIGHT, Yvonne Nita→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CARTWRIGHT, Andrew John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-09-19

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Active

CARTWRIGHT, Yvonne Nita→

director · ~71y · appointed 2014-06-09

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Active

ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-19 · resigned 2002-09-19

Resigned

AR NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-19 · resigned 2002-09-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	27/03/2019	01/04/2025
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	19/11/2018	01/04/2025
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	09/12/2002	20/12/2018

Recent filings (70 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-05-15

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2026-05-15

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-05-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-14

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-04-01

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-04-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-08-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-07-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-08-26