ACERBIS UK LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06318590 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-19
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£120.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32300
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 45400SIC 45400
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 80). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.8y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £119,981
Cash YoY
+366%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£75k
↑ 366% YoY
Net Worth
£120k
↑ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 8.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £120.0k | £116.7k |
| Current assets | £1.23M | £1.14M |
| Cash | £75.1k | £16.1k |
| Debtors | £322.6k | £248.6k |
| Net assets | £120.0k | £116.7k |
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.
See pricing →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 (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-01-19🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-01-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-01-12🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2022-09-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-06📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2022-06-06📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2022-06-06📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2021-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-12📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2021-05-25📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2021-05-25📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2020-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-04📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2018-11-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Unicredit Bank Ag, London Branch
- 2016-07-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena S.P.a London Branch
- 2010-09-01➖LOECKER, Veronika resignedsecretary
- 2007-07-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ACERBIS UK LIMITED
- 2007-07-19➕ACERBIS, Franco appointeddirector
- 2007-07-19➕LOECKER, Veronika appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "ACERBIS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Guido Acerbis Individual · Italian · DOB 07/1973 · age 53 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest | 28/12/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Franco Acerbisceased 28/12/2021· significant influence
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-07-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32300 — SIC 32300
Registered office
Unit 4 Dunfermline Court
Kingston
Milton Keynes
MK10 0BY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
ACERBIS, Franco→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2007-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOECKER, Veronika→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-07-19 · resigned 2010-09-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Unicredit Bank Ag, London Branch | A registered charge | — | 09/11/2018 | 12/01/2023 | |
| satisfied | Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena S.P.a London Branch | A registered charge | — | 25/07/2016 | 19/01/2023 |
Recent filings (65 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-01-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2022-06-06