ACE HOLDINGS (TAMWORTH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06721212 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-13
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£94.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £94,050

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£94k
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£38k£56k£75k£94kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£94.0k£94.0k
Net assets£94.0k£94.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-07
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  2. 2025-03-06
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  3. 2024-02-21
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  4. 2023-03-10
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  10. 2022-03-28
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  11. 2021-03-17
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  12. 2020-06-08
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  13. 2019-02-19
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  14. 2018-03-09
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  15. 2018-01-02
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  16. 2017-12-31
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    COLEMAN, Peter David resigned
    director
  17. 2017-03-16
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  18. 2008-10-18
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    HILTON, Gail appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-10-18
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    ATHERTON, Hilary Susan appointed
    director
  20. 2008-10-18
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    ATHERTON, Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2008-10-18
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    HILTON, Gail appointed
    director
  22. 2008-10-18
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    HOLROYD, Stephen Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2008-10-18
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    COLEMAN, Peter David appointed
    director
  24. 2008-10-16
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director
  25. 2008-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE HOLDINGS (TAMWORTH) LIMITED
  26. 2008-10-13
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Robert Atherton
Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/04/2016
Mrs Hilary Susan Atherton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Unit 9-10 Union Close
Kettlebrook Road
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B77 1BB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

HILTON, Gail→
secretary · appointed 2008-10-18
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Active
ATHERTON, Hilary Susan→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-10-18
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Active
ATHERTON, Robert→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-10-18
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Active
HILTON, Gail→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-10-18
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Active
HOLROYD, Stephen Michael→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-10-18
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Active
COLEMAN, Peter David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-10-18 · resigned 2017-12-31
Resigned
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-10-13 · resigned 2008-10-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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2026-03-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
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accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08