ACERTEC PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06179574 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-22
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 Jul 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 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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, 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 (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees1100

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
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-03-17
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  4. 2026-01-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-01-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-01-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-02-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-02-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-04-28
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  14. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ACERTEC PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  18. 2007-03-22
    ➕
    BLAKE, Lindsey Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-03-22
    ➕
    BLAKE, Mark Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2007-03-22
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    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2007-03-22
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-03-22
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2007-03-22
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 61. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mark Robert Blake
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Lindsey Anne Blakeceased 06/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 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
Incorporated2007-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Allen House
1 Westmead Road
Sutton
Surrey
SM1 4LA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BLAKE, Lindsey Anne→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKE, Mark Robert→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-03-22 · resigned 2007-03-22
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-22 · resigned 2007-03-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-02-24