ACOUSTIC SALES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04955700 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-06

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£25.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £25,105

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£25k

↑ 1.0% YoY

Current Assets

£29k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£25.1k	£33.3k
Current assets	£29.5k	£33.3k
Net assets	£25.1k	£24.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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2021-01-23
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2020-02-27
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accounts · AA
2020-02-19
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address · AD01
2019-01-17
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accounts · AA
2018-02-21
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accounts · AA
2017-01-31
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accounts · AA
2016-05-07
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2016-05-04
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2016-04-05
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2003-11-11
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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2003-11-11
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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2003-11-06
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Company incorporated
As ACOUSTIC SALES LIMITED
2003-11-06
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COSTELLO, Brian James appointed
secretary
2003-11-06
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COSTELLO, Brian James appointed
director
2003-11-06
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SENDLES, Julian appointed
director
2003-11-06
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
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2003-11-06
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Julian Sendles Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/11/2016

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

Incorporated2003-11-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

36a Manor Rise

Bearsted

Maidstone

ME14 4DB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-20

Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

COSTELLO, Brian James→

secretary · appointed 2003-11-06

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Active

COSTELLO, Brian James→

director · ~62y · appointed 2003-11-06

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Active

SENDLES, Julian→

director · ~61y · appointed 2003-11-06

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Active

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-06 · resigned 2003-11-11

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-06 · resigned 2003-11-11

Resigned

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