ACMS (MORAY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07149444 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-08
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 Feb 2026
Net worth
£-15.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81221Window cleaning services
  • 81300Landscape service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). 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, 3 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 (4 active, 4 linked, 3 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
46 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £15,017

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£15k
↑ 7.2% YoY
Current Assets
£667
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£16k-£13k-£9k-£6k-£3k£667Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28
Total assets£-14.2k£-15.4k
Current assets£667£526
Net assets£-15.0k£-16.2k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-03-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-12-07
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2020-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-02-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ACMS (MORAY) LIMITED
  17. 2010-02-08
    ➕
    SCHOLES, Emma Louise appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-02-08
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    SCHOLES, Emma Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2010-02-08
    ➕
    SCHOLES, Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 2010-02-08
    ➕
    SCHOLES, William Bartley appointed
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Stuart Scholes
Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Emma Louise Scholes
Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

26 Bolingbroke Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR3 2SH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

SCHOLES, Emma Louise→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-08
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Active
SCHOLES, Emma Louise→
director · ~45y · appointed 2010-02-08
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Active
SCHOLES, Stuart→
director · ~43y · appointed 2010-02-08
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Active
SCHOLES, William Bartley→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-02-08
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Active

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-12-07