ACS HOMES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06332234 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-02
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 45). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
10 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 17.3y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-12-29🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2021-10-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-10-15🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-20📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-09-20🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2021-09-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-02➖SULLIVAN, James Alan resignedsecretary
- 2014-07-15🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2014-07-04🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2014-07-04🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2014-03-10🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Yorkshire Property Finance Limited
- 2013-11-20🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Yorkshire Property Finance Limited
- 2013-11-20🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Yorkshire Property Finance Limited
- 2013-05-29🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2013-05-01🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2013-03-05🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2013-02-20🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2013-02-20🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2013-02-20🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-05-31🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Yorkshire Property Finance Limited
- 2011-10-27🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-06-10🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2009-05-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2009-03-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2007-08-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ACS HOMES LIMITED
- 2007-08-02➕SULLIVAN, Alan Craig appointeddirector
- 2007-08-02➕SULLIVAN, James Alan appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
85/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
68/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Alan Craig Sullivan Individual · Welsh · DOB 09/1981 · age 45 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| A K N R PROPERTY LTD→ 16456386 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AD DIGITAL PROPERTIES LIMITED→ 15133517 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADECOT PROPERTIES LIMITED→ 04911548 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| ADELAE LTD→ 11877678 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ADEVE PROPERTIES LIMITED→ 16638659 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADI MESTI JADI LTD→ 16179720 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADT PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 09291165 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| ADVANCECHOICE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 02712625 · est 1992 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 33y | — | — |
| AE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD→ 15624636 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AED PROPERTIES (WIRRAL) LIMITED→ 13598805 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AEQUITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD→ 12836108 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AERIAL HOLDINGS LTD→ 16746546 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
1-3 Chester Road
Neston
CH64 9PA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
SULLIVAN, Alan Craig→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2007-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SULLIVAN, James Alan→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-08-02 · resigned 2014-08-02
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
10
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Yorkshire Property Finance Yorkshire Property Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/03/2014 | 04/07/2014 | |
| satisfied | Yorkshire Property Finance Yorkshire Property Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/11/2013 | 15/07/2014 | |
| satisfied | Yorkshire Property Finance Yorkshire Property Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/11/2013 | 04/07/2014 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/05/2013 | 15/10/2021 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/05/2013 | 29/12/2021 | |
| satisfied | Yorkshire Property Finance Yorkshire Property Finance Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/2012 | 05/03/2013 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 27/10/2011 | 20/09/2021 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Charge of deposit | 1 property | 10/06/2009 | 20/02/2013 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 07/05/2009 | 20/02/2013 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 26/03/2009 | 20/02/2013 |
Recent filings (68 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-12-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-02