ACPMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06332559 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-03
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
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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
Active trading company 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. 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-10-21
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2019-08-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-06-08
    ➕
    WALSH, Jane Lynne appointed
    secretary
  17. 2013-06-08
    ➖
    STERL, Pauline resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-08-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACPMS LIMITED
  19. 2007-08-03
    ➕
    CLANCY, Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2007-08-03
    ➕
    STERL, Pauline appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-08-03
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-08-03
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-08-03
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2007-08-03
    ➖
    COMPANY 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 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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.
  • 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
Miss Ann Clancy
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Ann Clancyceased 06/04/2016· 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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Union Suite The Union Building
51-59 Rose Lane
Norwich
NR1 1BY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WALSH, Jane Lynne→
secretary · appointed 2013-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLANCY, Ann→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STERL, Pauline→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-03 · resigned 2013-06-08
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-08-03 · resigned 2007-08-03
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-08-03 · resigned 2007-08-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-08-08