A. C. VIDEO LIMITED
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-09➕GORDON, Derri Anthony appointeddirector
- 2022-02-09➖LEGGETT, David Arthur resigneddirector
- 2022-02-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-10-13➖SEARLES, Peter Charles resignedsecretary
- 2021-10-13📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-10-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2008-11-06➖PREVEL, Anastasia Susan resignedsecretary
- 2008-11-06➕SEARLES, Peter Charles appointedsecretary
- 2008-04-01🏢Company incorporatedAs A. C. VIDEO LIMITED
- 2008-04-01➕PREVEL, Anastasia Susan appointedsecretary
- 2008-04-01➕LEGGETT, David Arthur appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
A.C. Worldwide Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A.C. Worldwide Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Arthur Leggettceased 06/10/2021· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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