ACM PROJECTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05146002 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-04
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees323100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-01
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2018-10-31
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  11. 2018-10-31
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  12. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-07-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-08-20
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    KAYE, Malcolm appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-08-20
    ➖
    KAYE, Jean resigned
    secretary
  18. 2008-08-17
    ➖
    KAYE, Jean resigned
    director
  19. 2004-06-10
    ➕
    KAYE, Marie Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2004-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ACM PROJECTS LIMITED
  21. 2004-06-04
    ➕
    KAYE, Ashley Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2004-06-04
    ➕
    KAYE, Christopher James appointed
    director
  23. 2004-06-04
    ➕
    KAYE, Malcolm appointed
    director
  24. 2004-06-04
    ➕
    KAYE, Jean appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-06-04
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-06-04
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-06-04
    ➕
    KAYE, Jean appointed
    director
  28. 2004-06-04
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2004-06-04
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 Malcolm Kaye
Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 White Ley Bank, Fulstone
New Mill
Holmfirth
West Yorkshire
HD9 7DL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

KAYE, Malcolm→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAYE, Ashley Mark→
director · ~48y · appointed 2004-06-04
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Active
KAYE, Christopher James→
director · ~46y · appointed 2004-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAYE, Malcolm→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAYE, Marie Elizabeth→
director · ~44y · appointed 2004-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAYE, Jean→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-04 · resigned 2008-08-20
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-04 · resigned 2004-06-04
Resigned
KAYE, Jean→
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-06-04 · resigned 2008-08-17
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-04 · resigned 2004-06-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-04