ACE TREE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06663745 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-04

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£212.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -36% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £212,862

Net assets shrinking

Down £14,541 YoY

Cash YoY

-36%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£33k

↓ 36% YoY

Net Worth

£213k

↓ 6.4% YoY

Current Assets

£267k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£226.4k	£249.8k
Current assets	£267.1k	£300.0k
Cash	£33.1k	£51.7k
Debtors	£160.1k	£242.0k
Net assets	£212.9k	£227.4k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-05-20
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2025-06-27
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accounts · AA
2024-05-22
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accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts · AA
2022-07-12
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accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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accounts · AA
2018-06-27
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accounts · AA
2017-10-24
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2017-10-24
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2017-10-24
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officers · CH01
2017-10-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-06-27
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accounts · AA
2016-08-25
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2008-08-04
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Company incorporated
As ACE TREE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2008-08-04
➕
CROOK, James Geoffrey appointed
director
2008-08-04
➕
CROOK, Michelle Anne appointed
director
2008-08-04
➕
BREWER, Suzanne appointed
secretary
2008-08-04
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BREWER, Suzanne resigned
secretary
2008-08-04
➕
BREWER, Kevin Michael appointed
director
2008-08-04
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BREWER, Kevin Michael resigned
director

Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Michelle Anne Crook Individual · British · DOB 11/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	04/08/2016
Mr James Geoffrey Crook Individual · British · DOB 12/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	04/08/2016

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

Incorporated2008-08-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

57-61 Market Place

Cannock

Staffordshire

WS11 1BP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-18

Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CROOK, James Geoffrey→

director · ~50y · appointed 2008-08-04

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Active

CROOK, Michelle Anne→

director · ~49y · appointed 2008-08-04

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Active

BREWER, Suzanne→

secretary · appointed 2008-08-04 · resigned 2008-08-04

Resigned

BREWER, Kevin Michael→

director · ~74y · appointed 2008-08-04 · resigned 2008-08-04

Resigned

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