ACER DAIRY SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06989794 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-13
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
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28250
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33140SIC 33140
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
41 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
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31

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.

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-31
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  3. 2023-05-29
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  4. 2022-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-02-23
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  12. 2015-09-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-09-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-01-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-08-26
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    CULLEN, Andrew Keith appointed
    director
  17. 2009-08-26
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    CULLEN, Melanie appointed
    director
  18. 2009-08-26
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2009-08-26
    ➖
    STEWARD, Vikki resigned
    director
  20. 2009-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ACER DAIRY SOLUTIONS LTD
  21. 2009-08-13
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2009-08-13
    ➕
    STEWARD, Vikki appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mr Andrew Keith Cullen
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/06/2016
Mrs Melanie Cullen
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28250 — SIC 28250

Registered office

2 Bailey Hill
Castle Cary
BA7 7AD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CULLEN, Andrew Keith→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CULLEN, Melanie→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-13 · resigned 2009-08-26
Resigned
STEWARD, Vikki→
director · ~44y · appointed 2009-08-13 · resigned 2009-08-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
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accounts · AA
2025-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-07