ACE ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06930903 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-11
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 93). 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2022-08-30
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2022-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-06-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2018-06-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-07-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2015-07-01
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    JOHNSON, Sylvia appointed
    director
  18. 2015-07-01
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    SUCH, Dominic Harvey Charles resigned
    director
  19. 2015-07-01
    ➖
    SUCH, Lindsey Esther Dorrie resigned
    director
  20. 2010-06-11
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    JONES, Damian Craig Nicholas appointed
    director
  21. 2009-08-29
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    JOHNSON, Adele Kathryn appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-08-29
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Adele Kathryn appointed
    director
  23. 2009-08-29
    ➕
    SUCH, Dominic Harvey Charles appointed
    director
  24. 2009-08-29
    ➕
    SUCH, Lindsey Esther Dorrie appointed
    director
  25. 2009-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS LIMITED
  26. 2009-06-11
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    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2009-06-11
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    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2009-06-11
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    HURWORTH, Aderyn appointed
    director
  29. 2009-06-11
    ➖
    HURWORTH, Aderyn resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — 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 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Ms Adele Kathryn Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sylvia Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1933 · age 93
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

3mc Middlemarch Business Park
Siskin Drive
Coventry
West Midlands
CV3 4FJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

JOHNSON, Adele Kathryn→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Adele Kathryn→
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-08-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Sylvia→
director · ~93y · appointed 2015-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Damian Craig Nicholas→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-06-11 · resigned 2009-06-11
Resigned
HURWORTH, Aderyn→
director · ~52y · appointed 2009-06-11 · resigned 2009-06-11
Resigned
SUCH, Dominic Harvey Charles→
director · ~52y · appointed 2009-08-29 · resigned 2015-07-01
Resigned
SUCH, Lindsey Esther Dorrie→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-08-29 · resigned 2015-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-23