ACS GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06520860 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-03
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£14.8k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £14,799
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£15k
↑ 1334% YoY
Current Assets
£78k
↑ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£16k£31k£47k£62k£78kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£15.3k£5.0k
Current assets£78.1k£51.6k
Cash£18.4k£34.3k
Debtors£59.6k£17.3k
Net assets£14.8k£1.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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  2. 2026-03-04
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  3. 2026-03-04
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  4. 2026-03-04
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  6. 2026-03-04
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  7. 2025-06-17
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  8. 2024-06-21
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  9. 2023-09-21
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  10. 2022-09-30
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  11. 2022-09-29
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  12. 2021-12-22
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  13. 2020-12-31
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  14. 2019-10-01
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  15. 2018-10-11
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  16. 2018-10-09
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  17. 2018-10-08
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  18. 2008-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ACS GROUP LIMITED
  19. 2008-03-03
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    ALDERMAN, Bethan appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-03-03
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    ALDERMAN, Bethan appointed
    director
  21. 2008-03-03
    ➕
    ALDERMAN, Stephen John Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2008-03-03
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-03-03
    ➖
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-03-03
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2008-03-03
    ➖
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen John Michael Alderman
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Bethan Alderman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Ty Willow
Dreathen
Newport
NP10 8GB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ALDERMAN, Bethan→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-03
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Active
ALDERMAN, Bethan→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-03-03
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Active
ALDERMAN, Stephen John Michael→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-03-03
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-03 · resigned 2008-03-03
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-03 · resigned 2008-03-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-29