ACE FREELANCE PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07292405 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-22

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£25.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £25,559

Cash draining

Cash down 41% YoY

Cash YoY

-41%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£316k

↓ 41% YoY

Net Worth

£26k

↑ 36% YoY

Current Assets

£1.4m

↑ 34% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£25.6k	£18.9k
Current assets	£1.43M	£1.07M
Cash	£316.1k	£535.2k
Debtors	£1.12M	£537.3k
Net assets	£25.6k	£18.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-06-24
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address · AD01
2026-06-24
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officers · CH01
2026-06-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-23
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officers · CH01
2026-06-23
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officers · CH01
2026-03-09
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accounts · AA
2025-07-01
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PETROVA, Luna Dimitrova appointed
director
2025-07-01
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SMITH, Toby Nicolas appointed
director
2025-07-01
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officers · AP01
2025-07-01
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officers · AP01
2025-06-20
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officers · TM02
2025-06-19
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PILKINGTON, Mark appointed
secretary
2025-06-19
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KELLY, Andrew G resigned
secretary
2025-06-19
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-06
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accounts · AA
2021-08-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-10-04
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accounts · AA
2017-10-10
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SZABO, Judit appointed
director
2017-10-10
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STANLEY, Ivor Frederick George resigned
director
2017-07-01
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BALDWIN, Timothy James appointed
director
2014-09-23
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STANLEY, Ivor Frederick George appointed
director
2012-06-17
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HARRIS, Donald Patrick resigned
director
2010-08-20
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KELLY, Andrew George appointed
director
2010-06-22
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Company incorporated
As ACE FREELANCE PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED
2010-06-22
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KELLY, Andrew G appointed
secretary
2010-06-22
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HARRIS, Donald Patrick appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew George Kelly Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	03/03/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ms Judit Szaboceased 03/03/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

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

Incorporated2010-06-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

2 Frederick Street

London

Greater London

WC1X 0ND

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-06

Last: 2026-06-22