ACS ELECTRICAL (SHOREHAM) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04583976 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-07

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Nov 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	400	400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-08-26
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2023-08-22
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2022-08-26
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2021-08-26
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2020-08-27
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2019-07-09
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2018-07-26
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2017-07-28
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2016-07-26
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accounts · AA
2015-11-25
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-08-14
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accounts · AA
2014-11-07
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-13
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2013-11-07
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annual-return · AR01
2004-06-04
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BULL, Susan appointed
director
2002-11-14
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BULL, Susan appointed
secretary
2002-11-14
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BULL, Anthony appointed
director
2002-11-14
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VYE-PARMINTER, Janine resigned
secretary
2002-11-14
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CASTLETON, Lisa resigned
director
2002-11-07
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Company incorporated
As ACS ELECTRICAL (SHOREHAM) LIMITED
2002-11-07
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VYE-PARMINTER, Janine appointed
secretary
2002-11-07
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CASTLETON, Lisa appointed
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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Anthony Bull Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Bull Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2002-11-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Bishopstone 36 Crescent Road

Worthing

West Sussex

BN11 1RL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-21

Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BULL, Susan→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-14

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Active

BULL, Anthony→

director · ~71y · appointed 2002-11-14

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Active

BULL, Susan→

director · ~64y · appointed 2004-06-04

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Active

VYE-PARMINTER, Janine→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-07 · resigned 2002-11-14

Resigned

CASTLETON, Lisa→

director · ~46y · appointed 2002-11-07 · resigned 2002-11-14

Resigned

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