ACE BRASSERIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07166291 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.01M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 8.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,011,637
Net assets shrinking
Down £37,083 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£416k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1.0m
↓ 3.5% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£235k£471k£706k£941k£1.2mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£1.02M£1.06M
Current assets£1.15M£1.18M
Cash£416.0k£415.0k
Debtors£715.2k£739.6k
Net assets£1.01M£1.05M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-27
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  3. 2023-11-08
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  4. 2022-11-30
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  5. 2022-02-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
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  6. 2021-11-25
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  7. 2021-02-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  8. 2021-01-21
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  9. 2020-02-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-02-14
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  11. 2020-02-14
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  12. 2020-02-14
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  13. 2019-11-18
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  14. 2019-05-01
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  15. 2019-05-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2019-05-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2019-05-01
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-04-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  19. 2018-08-31
    ➖
    TARDIOLI, Alvaro resigned
    director
  20. 2018-06-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  21. 2010-03-02
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    FRAGIACOMO, Camelia Ramona appointed
    secretary
  22. 2010-03-02
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    FRAGIACOMO, Camelia Ramona appointed
    director
  23. 2010-03-02
    ➕
    FRAGIACOMO, Emilio Luigi appointed
    director
  24. 2010-03-02
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    TARDIOLI, Alvaro appointed
    director
  25. 2010-02-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE BRASSERIES LIMITED
  26. 2010-02-23
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director
  27. 2010-02-23
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Ace Brasseries Holdings Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Ace Brasseries Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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ACE BRASSERIES LIMITED
This company · 07166291

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ace Brasseries Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting28/08/2018
Mrs Camelia Ramona Fragiacomo
Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/08/2018
Mr Emilio Luigi Fragiacomo
Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/08/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alvaro Tardioliceased 31/08/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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
Incorporated2010-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Avc House
21 Northampton Lane
Swansea
SA1 4EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FRAGIACOMO, Camelia Ramona→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRAGIACOMO, Camelia Ramona→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRAGIACOMO, Emilio Luigi→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-02-23 · resigned 2010-02-23
Resigned
TARDIOLI, Alvaro→
director · ~77y · appointed 2010-03-02 · resigned 2018-08-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—05/04/2019—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—26/06/2018—
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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-01