ACES SAMEDAY COURIERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05455153 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-17
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-157
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced Carrier
Sector: Transportation & storage
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 (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -80% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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, 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £157
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,895 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 80% YoY
Cash YoY
-80%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1k
↓ 80% YoY
Net Worth
-£157
↓ 103% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-157 | £4.7k |
| Current assets | £10.9k | £16.7k |
| Cash | £1.0k | £5.2k |
| Debtors | £9.9k | £11.5k |
| Net assets | £-157 | £4.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2005-05-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ACES SAMEDAY COURIERS LIMITED
- 2005-05-17➕LIPTROT, Amanda appointedsecretary
- 2005-05-17➕LIPTROT, Amanda appointeddirector
- 2005-05-17➕LIPTROT, Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Liptrot Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Amanda Liptrot Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC53202 — Unlicenced Carrier
Registered office
Spring Court Spring Road
Hale
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 2UQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-15
Last: 2026-05-01
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
LIPTROT, Amanda→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2005-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LIPTROT, Paul→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2005-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (57 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17