AAC POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.2y
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £147.5k | £87.4k |
| Current assets | £190.8k | £149.2k |
| Cash | £180.1k | £120.7k |
| Debtors | £8.9k | £26.9k |
| Net assets | £125.8k | £83.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-26➕CARSEY, Deborah appointeddirector
- 2025-03-26➖ATKINSON, Derek Neil resigneddirector
- 2024-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-14📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-02-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-16📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-11-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-29🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2018-03-10➖ARTLEY, George Major Lorraine resigneddirector
- 2010-03-26🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2010-03-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2010-02-01➕CARSEY, Deborah appointedsecretary
- 2010-02-01➕CARSEY, Graham James appointeddirector
- 2010-02-01➖ARTLEY, Dorothy June resignedsecretary
- 2010-02-01➕ATKINSON, Derek Neil appointeddirector
- 2009-04-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2008-11-04🏢Company incorporatedAs AAC POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2008-11-04➕ARTLEY, Dorothy June appointedsecretary
- 2008-11-04➕ARTLEY, George Major Lorraine appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Deborah Carsey Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 26/03/2025 |
Mr Graham James Carsey Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Derek Neil Atkinsonceased 26/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 18/03/2010 | 29/03/2018 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 06/04/2009 | 26/03/2010 |