ACWS PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06997256 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-21
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£980.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £980,867
Net assets shrinking
Down £62,285 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£981k
↓ 6.0% YoY
Current Assets
£365k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£209k£417k£626k£835k£1.0mSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£980.9k£1.04M
Current assets£365.0k£427.8k
Net assets£980.9k£1.04M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2024-03-21
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  5. 2023-03-25
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-06-21
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    BRACKSTONE, William appointed
    director
  8. 2022-04-06
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    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-04-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2022-04-06
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  11. 2022-04-05
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  12. 2022-04-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2022-03-17
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    address · AD01
  14. 2022-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  17. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2012-03-09
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    BRACKSTONE, William resigned
    director
  20. 2009-09-08
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    BRACKSTONE, Claire appointed
    director
  21. 2009-09-08
    ➕
    BRACKSTONE, Sheila appointed
    director
  22. 2009-09-08
    ➕
    CHARLTON, Andrea appointed
    director
  23. 2009-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ACWS PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
  24. 2009-08-21
    ➕
    BRACKSTONE, William 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sheila Brackstone
Individual · British · DOB 07/1943 · age 83
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/03/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Claire Brackstoneceased 28/03/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mrs Andrea Charltonceased 28/03/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2009-08-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

C/O Cousins & Co
18 Brentnall Street
Middlesbrough
TS1 5AP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

BRACKSTONE, Claire→
director · ~49y · appointed 2009-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRACKSTONE, Sheila→
director · ~83y · appointed 2009-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRACKSTONE, William→
director · ~80y · appointed 2022-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHARLTON, Andrea→
director · ~54y · appointed 2009-09-08
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Active
BRACKSTONE, William→
director · ~80y · appointed 2009-08-21 · resigned 2012-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-05