A. C. MOORE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05786001 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-19
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£132.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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, 2 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
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £132,451

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£132k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£192k
↑ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£77k£115k£154k£192kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£132.5k£94.9k
Current assets£192.2k£139.9k
Net assets£132.5k£94.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-24
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  3. 2024-01-24
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  4. 2023-01-27
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  5. 2022-01-25
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  6. 2021-02-09
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  7. 2020-01-29
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  8. 2019-01-30
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  9. 2018-01-10
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-02-02
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-11
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  12. 2016-02-04
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-05-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-05-06
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  15. 2015-05-06
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    address · AD01
  16. 2006-04-19
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    Company incorporated
    As A. C. MOORE LIMITED
  17. 2006-04-19
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    MOORE, Joan Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-04-19
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    MOORE, Alison Claire appointed
    director
  19. 2006-04-19
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2006-04-19
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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  21. 2006-04-19
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2006-04-19
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MOORE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Miss Alison Claire Moore
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
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
Incorporated2006-04-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Tudor Cottage
Muchelney
Langport
Somerset
TA10 0DL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-11
Last: 2025-05-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MOORE, Joan Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOORE, Alison Claire→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-19 · resigned 2006-04-19
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-19 · resigned 2006-04-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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2026-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
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accounts · AA
2024-01-24
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2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
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2021-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-01