A C H SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05410941 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-23.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £23,809

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£24k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£28k-£27k-£26k-£25k-£25k-£24kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-23.8k£-28.0k
Net assets£-23.8k£-28.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-28
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-11
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  6. 2023-01-16
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  7. 2022-01-27
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  8. 2021-01-20
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  9. 2020-01-21
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  10. 2018-12-12
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  11. 2017-09-05
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  12. 2017-01-31
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  13. 2016-05-13
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  14. 2016-01-27
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  15. 2015-05-29
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  16. 2005-04-04
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    HERBERT, Christopher Jerez appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-04-04
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    HERBERT, Anthony Christopher appointed
    director
  18. 2005-04-04
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    PREMIER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  19. 2005-04-04
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    PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  20. 2005-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As A C H SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
  21. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    PREMIER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Christopher Herbert
Individual · English · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Old Barn
Off Wood Street
Swanley Village
Kent
BR8 7PA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HERBERT, Christopher Jerez→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HERBERT, Anthony Christopher→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PREMIER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2005-04-04
Resigned
PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2005-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-08