A C G INVESTMENTS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04750631 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-01
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 78). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 23.1y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
- 2026-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-11-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-11-09🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2018-11-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-03📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-10📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2003-07-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2003-06-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2003-05-01🏢Company incorporatedAs A C G INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2003-05-01➕GRANT, Valerie June appointedsecretary
- 2003-05-01➕GRANT, Anthony Charles, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2003-05-01➕L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-05-01➖L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-05-01➕L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-05-01➖L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
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 |
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Mr. Anthony Charles Grant Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/05/2017 |
Mrs Valerie June Grant Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 LIVING LIMITED→ 12327424 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| 54A POOLE ROAD LTD→ 15866174 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 8 WARWICK PLACE MANAGEMENT LTD→ 16561527 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 TOWER ROAD LTD→ 11656066 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| 93 CLIFF LTD→ 16324216 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AB & DS PROPERTIES LTD→ 12729118 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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| ACADEMY DEVELOPMENTS (BOURNEMOUTH) LIMITED→ 03937429 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
Beaufort House
2 Cornmarket Court
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 1JL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-15
Last: 2026-05-01
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
GRANT, Valerie June→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRANT, Anthony Charles, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2003-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2003-05-01
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2003-05-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 22/07/2003 | 09/11/2018 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 05/06/2003 | 09/11/2018 |
Recent filings (61 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-08