ACE KARTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05917772 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-29
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-41.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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 declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £41,118

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£41k
↓ 185% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↓ 1.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£41k-£30k-£19k-£8k£3k£14kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-18.9k£38.2k
Current assets£13.8k£14.0k
Cash—£145
Debtors£13.8k£13.8k
Net assets£-41.1k£-14.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-20
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  5. 2022-03-30
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  6. 2021-03-30
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  7. 2019-12-30
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  8. 2018-12-28
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  9. 2018-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-19
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  11. 2017-09-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2017-06-22
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-06-22
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    officers · CH03
  14. 2017-01-10
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-02
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-08-10
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    CHARLESWORTH, Benjamin Colin appointed
    director
  17. 2016-08-09
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    CHARLESWORTH, Andrew Benjamin resigned
    director
  18. 2006-09-26
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    CHARLESWORTH, Pamela Wendy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-09-26
    ➕
    CHARLESWORTH, Pamela Wendy appointed
    director
  20. 2006-09-26
    ➖
    LEE, Robert James resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-09-26
    ➖
    AINSWORTH, Keith resigned
    director
  22. 2006-09-26
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    CHARLESWORTH, Andrew Benjamin appointed
    director
  23. 2006-09-26
    ➖
    LEE, Robert James resigned
    director
  24. 2006-08-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE KARTING LIMITED
  25. 2006-08-29
    ➕
    LEE, Robert James appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-08-29
    ➕
    AINSWORTH, Keith appointed
    director
  27. 2006-08-29
    ➕
    LEE, Robert James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin Colin Charlesworth
Individual · British · DOB 01/1994 · age 32
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/08/2017
Mrs Pamela Wendy Charlesworth
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew Benjamin Charlesworthceased 25/08/2016· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2006-08-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Woodford Lodge Farm
Leather Mills Lane Hartshill
Nuneaton
CV10 0RX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

CHARLESWORTH, Pamela Wendy→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHARLESWORTH, Benjamin Colin→
director · ~32y · appointed 2016-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHARLESWORTH, Pamela Wendy→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEE, Robert James→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-29 · resigned 2006-09-26
Resigned
AINSWORTH, Keith→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-08-29 · resigned 2006-09-26
Resigned
CHARLESWORTH, Andrew Benjamin→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-09-26 · resigned 2016-08-09
Resigned
LEE, Robert James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-08-29 · resigned 2006-09-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2026-02-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-28