ACTS MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS LTD
🌳Matureactive
07172886 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-01
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
47 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)Positive net assets
Net assets £1,003
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,675 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1k
↓ 93% YoY
Current Assets
£61k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £15.1k | £32.6k |
| Current assets | £61.2k | £78.4k |
| Net assets | £1.0k | £13.7k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-08-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2010-03-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTS MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS LTD
- 2010-03-01➕RICHARDS, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2010-03-01➕WHITTLE, Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher Richards Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/01/2017 |
Mr Andrew Whittle Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A J BUILDING MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT LIMITED→ 14785512 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ACS ELECTRICS LIMITED→ 06451559 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| ACTIVE SURFACES LTD→ 10975295 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AD-ON HOME EXTENSIONS LTD→ 16662186 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADAMS BUILDING CONSULTANTS LTD→ 05514502 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ADB CIVILS LIMITED→ 12633943 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ADG BUILDING AND JOINERY LTD→ 16654291 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION CHESHIRE LIMITED→ 10027924 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ADVANCED AIR HYGIENE LTD→ 03266020 · est 1996 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 29y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Registered office
17 George Street
St Helens
Merseyside
WA10 1DB
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
RICHARDS, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITTLE, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2010-03-01
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Recent filings (47 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02