ACP RECORDINGS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06126375 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-23
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
50 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees10

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-02-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2023-03-07
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2023-01-31
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2019-09-30
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    NORTON, Christopher resigned
    secretary
  15. 2019-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-02-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ACP RECORDINGS LIMITED
  18. 2007-02-23
    ➕
    HOLDEN, Robert David, Mr. appointed
    director
  19. 2007-02-23
    ➕
    NORTON, Christopher appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-02-23
    ➕
    ACI SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-02-23
    ➖
    ACI SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-02-23
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    ACI DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2007-02-23
    ➖
    ACI DIRECTORS 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Mr. Robert David Holden
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

8th Floor, Becket House
36 Old Jewry
London
EC2R 8DD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

HOLDEN, Robert David, Mr.→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORTON, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-23 · resigned 2019-09-30
Resigned
ACI SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-23 · resigned 2007-02-23
Resigned
ACI DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-23 · resigned 2007-02-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-08-01
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04