ACS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06010697 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-27
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£52.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,523

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£53k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£61k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£24k£37k£49k£61kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£54.6k£44.0k
Current assets£60.9k£52.5k
Net assets£52.5k£42.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-17
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-11
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  4. 2024-03-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2024-03-27
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2024-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-05
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  9. 2022-01-21
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  10. 2021-02-15
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-04-10
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    officers · TM02
  13. 2020-04-09
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    FOWLER, Charles Roderick Spencer resigned
    secretary
  14. 2020-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-28
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  16. 2018-11-30
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    address · AD02
  17. 2018-11-30
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  18. 2017-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-07-01
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    PLANT, Penelope Clare appointed
    director
  20. 2006-11-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ACS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT LIMITED
  21. 2006-11-27
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    PLANT, William John appointed
    director
  22. 2006-11-27
    ➕
    FOWLER, Charles Roderick Spencer appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 William John Plant
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control27/11/2016
Mrs Penelope Clare Plant
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2017

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
Incorporated2006-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Glebe House Walton Lane
Bosham
Chichester
PO18 8QB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

PLANT, Penelope Clare→
director · ~71y · appointed 2017-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PLANT, William John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOWLER, Charles Roderick Spencer→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-27 · resigned 2020-04-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-12-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-15