ACQUIRED GROUP SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06930688 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-11

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Repair of machinery

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	200	200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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RICKETTS, Norman appointed
director
2026-04-07
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RICKETTS, Norman resigned
director
2026-04-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-07
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-03-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-03-26
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2016-09-01
➕
WILSON-RICKETTS, Ricardo appointed
director
2015-04-30
➖
MILLS, Granville Decordeva resigned
director
2013-01-01
➖
SPEID, Jennfier Coleen resigned
secretary
2009-06-11
🏢
Company incorporated
As ACQUIRED GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
2009-06-11
➕
SPEID, Jennfier Coleen appointed
secretary
2009-06-11
➕
MILLS, Granville Decordeva appointed
director
2009-06-11
➕
RICKETTS, Norman 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Norman Ricketts Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	07/04/2026
Mr Ricardo Wilson-Ricketts Individual · British · DOB 11/1994 · age 32	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	23/08/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Norman Rickettsceased 07/04/2026· 25-50% shares
Mr Norman Rickettsceased 22/12/2017· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2009-06-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

C/O Able & Young, Airport House

Purley Way

Croydon

CR0 0XZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-18

Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

RICKETTS, Norman→

director · ~67y · appointed 2026-04-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WILSON-RICKETTS, Ricardo→

director · ~32y · appointed 2016-09-01

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Active

SPEID, Jennfier Coleen→

secretary · appointed 2009-06-11 · resigned 2013-01-01

Resigned

MILLS, Granville Decordeva→

director · ~65y · appointed 2009-06-11 · resigned 2015-04-30

Resigned

RICKETTS, Norman→

director · ~67y · appointed 2009-06-11 · resigned 2026-04-07

Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-08

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-04-07

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-04-07

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-04-07

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-04-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-01-02

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-01-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-01-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-18