1ST ACE FIRE DYNAMICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05049959 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-19
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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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
69 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees800900

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

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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-02-05
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    MATTHEWS, Tony John resigned
    director
  12. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-08-20
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    MATTHEWS, Tony John appointed
    director
  18. 2012-08-03
    ➖
    BEECH, John William resigned
    director
  19. 2006-10-20
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-20
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Paul David appointed
    director
  21. 2004-03-30
    ➕
    BEECH, John William appointed
    director
  22. 2004-03-30
    ➖
    DUCK, Wayne resigned
    director
  23. 2004-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST ACE FIRE DYNAMICS LIMITED
  24. 2004-02-19
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Anne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-02-19
    ➕
    SIMPSON, David appointed
    director
  26. 2004-02-19
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-02-19
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2004-02-19
    ➕
    DUCK, Wayne appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul David Simpson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

93 - 97 Homesdale Road
Bromley
BR2 9LE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

SIMPSON, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-19
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Active
SIMPSON, Anne→
director · ~80y · appointed 2006-10-20
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Active
SIMPSON, David→
director · ~81y · appointed 2004-02-19
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Active
SIMPSON, Paul David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-10-20
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-19 · resigned 2004-02-19
Resigned
BEECH, John William→
director · ~52y · appointed 2004-03-30 · resigned 2012-08-03
Resigned
DUCK, Wayne→
director · ~48y · appointed 2004-02-19 · resigned 2004-03-30
Resigned
MATTHEWS, Tony John→
director · ~45y · appointed 2012-08-20 · resigned 2019-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-20