ACE ATV LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06522688 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-04
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£422.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £422,694
Cash YoY
+251%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£146k
↑ 251% YoY
Net Worth
£423k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£974k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £435.5k | £336.3k |
| Current assets | £973.6k | £760.7k |
| Cash | £146.4k | £41.8k |
| Debtors | £127.5k | £254.7k |
| Net assets | £422.7k | £331.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-02-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2025-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-29➕SEYMOUR, Sarah Claire appointeddirector
- 2024-10-29➕WALL, Albert appointeddirector
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-08-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-08-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-08-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-08-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-08-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2008-03-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ACE ATV LIMITED
- 2008-03-04➕BOSS, Murray Nigel appointeddirector
- 2008-03-04➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-03-04➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-03-04➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2008-03-04➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- 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 Murray Nigel Boss Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Woodgate Farm Woodgate
Stoke Prior
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B60 4HB
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BOSS, Murray Nigel→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2008-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SEYMOUR, Sarah Claire→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2024-10-29
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WALL, Albert→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2024-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-04 · resigned 2008-03-04
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2008-03-04 · resigned 2008-03-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 17/02/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (53 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04