A.C. SOLUTIONS (G.B) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05321706 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-29
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
68 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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2025-06-11
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  6. 2025-05-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2024-12-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2024-12-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-01-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-01-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2024-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-12-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2023-10-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-02-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2022-02-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2005-12-01
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    AFZAL, Mohammed appointed
    director
  20. 2005-04-01
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    AFZAL, Mohammed appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    AFZAL, Imran Mohammed appointed
    director
  22. 2005-04-01
    ➖
    THIRD PARTY COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-04-01
    ➖
    THIRD PARTY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2004-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As A.C. SOLUTIONS (G.B) LIMITED
  25. 2004-12-29
    ➕
    THIRD PARTY COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2004-12-29
    ➕
    THIRD PARTY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Mohammed Afzal
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Imran Mohammed Afzal
Individual · British · DOB 03/1983 · age 43
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
Incorporated2004-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

45 Merton Street
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 4RX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

AFZAL, Mohammed→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
AFZAL, Imran Mohammed→
director · ~43y · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
AFZAL, Mohammed→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-12-01
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Active
THIRD PARTY COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-29 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
THIRD PARTY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-12-29 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-14
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-06-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-09