AC ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE LTD
🌳Matureactive
06577828 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-28
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£420.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 15.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.3 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 (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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £419,995
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£63k
↑ 623% YoY
Net Worth
£420k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £62.7k | £-12.0k |
| Net assets | £420.0k | £332.9k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-12✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-12-15✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-12-12✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-05-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-25➕HUGHES, Simon appointeddirector
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-05-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-05-01➖COX, Peter William resignedsecretary
- 2021-05-01➖COX, Peter William resigneddirector
- 2021-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2011-04-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2008-04-28🏢Company incorporatedAs AC ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE LTD
- 2008-04-28➕VALENTIN, John Baden appointeddirector
- 2008-04-28➕COX, Peter William appointedsecretary
- 2008-04-28➕COX, Peter William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
1 med ·Name changed 3 times
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2026-01-12: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-12-15: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Baden Valentin Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 28/04/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Peter William Coxceased 31/03/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities
Registered office
2-4 Halthaies Workshops Bradninch
Exeter
Devon
EX5 4LQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
HUGHES, Simon→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2024-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VALENTIN, John Baden→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2008-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COX, Peter William→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-04-28 · resigned 2021-05-01
COX, Peter William→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2008-04-28 · resigned 2021-05-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 21/04/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (54 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-01-12
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-15
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31