ACE SECTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04657223 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£789.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 7 with DOB)
81
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
85 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £789,878
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£725k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£790k
↑ 7.4% YoY
Current Assets
£911k
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£182k£364k£547k£729k£911kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£794.4k£741.1k
Current assets£911.1k£868.8k
Cash£724.9k£647.1k
Debtors£105.5k£161.3k
Net assets£789.9k£735.5k

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2022-10-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-17
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-26
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  9. 2020-09-08
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  10. 2020-05-11
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    officers · CH03
  11. 2020-05-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-04-01
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    MEREDITH, Richard appointed
    director
  15. 2019-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-28
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    HEWITT, Christine resigned
    director
  17. 2019-03-28
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-03-15
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  19. 2019-03-15
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    officers · TM02
  20. 2019-03-06
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    BAKER, Angela appointed
    secretary
  21. 2019-03-06
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    HEWITT, Christine resigned
    secretary
  22. 2014-11-10
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    BAKER, Angela appointed
    director
  23. 2011-06-30
    ➕
    HEWITT, Christine appointed
    secretary
  24. 2011-06-30
    ➖
    HEWITT, Derek William resigned
    secretary
  25. 2007-03-24
    ➖
    HARPER, Alan Malcolm resigned
    secretary
  26. 2007-03-24
    ➖
    HARPER, Alan Malcolm resigned
    director
  27. 2006-05-08
    ➕
    BAKER, Michael John appointed
    director
  28. 2006-05-08
    ➕
    HEWITT, Derek William appointed
    secretary
  29. 2005-11-14
    ➕
    HEWITT, Christine appointed
    director
  30. 2005-11-14
    ➖
    HEWITT, Derek William resigned
    director
  31. 2004-11-11
    ➕
    HARPER, Alan Malcolm appointed
    secretary
  32. 2004-11-11
    ➖
    HARPER, Graham Raymond resigned
    secretary
  33. 2004-04-01
    ➕
    HEWITT, Derek William appointed
    director
  34. 2003-02-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE SECTIONS LIMITED
  35. 2003-02-05
    ➕
    HARPER, Graham Raymond appointed
    secretary
  36. 2003-02-05
    ➕
    SCOTT, Stephen John appointed
    nominee-secretary
  37. 2003-02-05
    ➖
    SCOTT, Stephen John resigned
    nominee-secretary
  38. 2003-02-05
    ➕
    HARPER, Alan Malcolm appointed
    director
  39. 2003-02-05
    ➕
    SCOTT, Jacqueline appointed
    nominee-director
  40. 2003-02-05
    ➖
    SCOTT, Jacqueline resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mrs Angela Baker
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/10/2022
Mr Michael John Baker
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

Unit 15 Sovereign Works
Deepdale Lane Lower Gornal
Dudley
West Midlands
DY3 2AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

BAKER, Angela→
secretary · appointed 2019-03-06
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Active
BAKER, Angela→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-11-10
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Active
BAKER, Michael John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-05-08
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Active
MEREDITH, Richard→
director · ~60y · appointed 2020-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARPER, Alan Malcolm→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-11 · resigned 2007-03-24
Resigned
HARPER, Graham Raymond→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-05 · resigned 2004-11-11
Resigned
HEWITT, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2011-06-30 · resigned 2019-03-06
Resigned
HEWITT, Derek William→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2011-06-30
Resigned
SCOTT, Stephen John→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-05 · resigned 2003-02-05
Resigned
HARPER, Alan Malcolm→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-02-05 · resigned 2007-03-24
Resigned
HEWITT, Christine→
director · ~81y · appointed 2005-11-14 · resigned 2019-03-28
Resigned
HEWITT, Derek William→
director · ~81y · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2005-11-14
Resigned
SCOTT, Jacqueline→
nominee-director · ~75y · appointed 2003-02-05 · resigned 2003-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-08