ACEN UTILITIES LTD

🌳Matureactive
06565110 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-14
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£238.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £238,158

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£197k
Net Worth
£238k
Current Assets
£531k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£311.6k
Current assets£530.7k
Cash£197.1k
Debtors£333.6k
Net assets£238.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-09-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-09-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-11-01
    ➕
    TEI, Jacinta Yvonne appointed
    director
  20. 2009-07-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2008-04-17
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    FLICK, Christie Louise resigned
    director
  22. 2008-04-15
    ➕
    FLICK, Stacy Richard appointed
    director
  23. 2008-04-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ACEN UTILITIES LTD
  24. 2008-04-14
    ➕
    FLICK, Christie Louise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 Stacy Richard Flick
Individual · British · DOB 08/1977 · age 49
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/04/2017
Mrs Jacinta Yvonne Tei
Individual · Ghanaian · DOB 05/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/11/2017

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
Incorporated2008-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Third Floor
207 Regent Street
London
W1B 3HH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

FLICK, Stacy Richard→
director · ~49y · appointed 2008-04-15
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Active
TEI, Jacinta Yvonne→
director · ~47y · appointed 2017-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLICK, Christie Louise→
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-04-14 · resigned 2008-04-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property23/07/2009—
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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-01-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25