ACE RECLAMATION LTD
🌳Matureactive
05017673 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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
£210.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46130
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47791SIC 47791
- 47799SIC 47799
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £210,080
Cash YoY
+48%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£267k
↑ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£210k
↑ 5.3% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £266.5k | £179.5k |
| Net assets | £210.1k | £199.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-11➕HOWARD, Deborah Marie appointeddirector
- 2024-12-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-04-18📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-04-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-04-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-04-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-27📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-10-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-09-21➖RANDLE, Lauren resignedsecretary
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-24📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-11📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2022-05-31📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2014-08-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2007-01-24➖GILMORE, Michelle resignedsecretary
- 2007-01-24➕RANDLE, Lauren appointedsecretary
- 2004-01-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ACE RECLAMATION LTD
- 2004-01-16➕RANDLE, Peter John appointeddirector
- 2004-01-16➕GILMORE, Michelle appointedsecretary
- 2004-01-16➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-01-16➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-01-16➕INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-01-16➖INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Peter John Randle Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Lauren Randleceased 21/09/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130
Registered office
Towngate House 2-8 Parkstone Road
Poole
Dorset
BH15 2PW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
HOWARD, Deborah Marie→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2024-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RANDLE, Peter John→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2004-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GILMORE, Michelle→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2007-01-24
RANDLE, Lauren→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-01-24 · resigned 2023-09-21
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2004-01-16
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2004-01-16
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 28/08/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (74 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-18
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-04-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-09