ACE SERVICES (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04863868 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-7.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £7,267
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£7k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£8k-£6k-£4k-£1k£903£3kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-5.0k£-3.8k
Current assets£2.8k£3.2k
Cash£100£100
Debtors£2.5k£2.9k
Net assets£-7.3k£-8.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-16
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  7. 2021-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-09-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE SERVICES (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED
  17. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    BUTCHER, Karen appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    BUTCHER, Karen appointed
    director
  19. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    BUTCHER, Stephen Donald appointed
    director
  20. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-08-12
    ➖
    BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-08-12
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    BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-08-12
    ➖
    BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 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

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
Mr Stephen Donald Butcher
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Karen Butcher
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC97000 — Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel

Registered office

41 Oak Apple Drive
Wembdon
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 3UW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BUTCHER, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTCHER, Karen→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-08-12
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Active
BUTCHER, Stephen Donald→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-12 · resigned 2003-08-12
Resigned
BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-12 · resigned 2003-08-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-31