ACG ENGINEERING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05516535 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-22

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

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year to Oct 2025

Net worth

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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

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	100	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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2025-04-30
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2024-02-26
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2023-03-15
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2022-03-07
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2021-04-26
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2020-05-04
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2019-06-17
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2018-07-23
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2017-07-12
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2016-06-25
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2015-07-28
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2015-06-24
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2014-08-06
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2014-08-05
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officers · AP03
2013-09-27
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EAST, Colin John appointed
secretary
2013-09-27
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EAST, Mandy Jane resigned
secretary
2010-05-14
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EAST, Mandy Jane resigned
director
2005-08-09
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EAST, Mandy Jane appointed
secretary
2005-08-09
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ROOKE, Peter resigned
secretary
2005-08-09
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EAST, Mandy Jane appointed
director
2005-08-09
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ROOKE, Gary Peter resigned
director
2005-07-22
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Company incorporated
As ACG ENGINEERING LIMITED
2005-07-22
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EAST, Colin John appointed
director
2005-07-22
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ROOKE, Peter appointed
secretary
2005-07-22
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ROOKE, Gary Peter appointed
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 68 — 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 68. 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin John East Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-07-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

50-54 Oswald Road

Scunthorpe

North Lincolnshire

DN15 7PQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-05

Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

EAST, Colin John→

secretary · appointed 2013-09-27

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Active

EAST, Colin John→

director · ~68y · appointed 2005-07-22

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Active

EAST, Mandy Jane→

secretary · appointed 2005-08-09 · resigned 2013-09-27

Resigned

ROOKE, Peter→

secretary · appointed 2005-07-22 · resigned 2005-08-09

Resigned

EAST, Mandy Jane→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-08-09 · resigned 2010-05-14

Resigned

ROOKE, Gary Peter→

director · ~57y · appointed 2005-07-22 · resigned 2005-08-09

Resigned

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