1ST ACE RESPONSE & GUARDING LTD

🌳Matureactive
07333871 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-03
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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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Private security activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (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: 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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees800800

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-07-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-06-30
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    SIMPSON, Anne resigned
    director
  11. 2020-06-30
    ➖
    SIMPSON, David resigned
    director
  12. 2019-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-11-29
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  15. 2018-08-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-08-10
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    TOOMEY, Nicholas James resigned
    director
  17. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-05-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2017-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2011-06-01
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    SIMPSON, Paul David appointed
    director
  21. 2011-01-14
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    SIMPSON, Paul David resigned
    director
  22. 2010-10-01
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    MARR, Paul Steven appointed
    director
  23. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    SULLEY, Trevor John appointed
    director
  24. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Paul David appointed
    director
  26. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    TOOMEY, Nicholas James appointed
    director
  27. 2010-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST ACE RESPONSE & GUARDING LTD
  28. 2010-08-03
    ➕
    CARTER, John appointed
    director
  29. 2010-08-03
    ➖
    CARTER, John resigned
    director
  30. 2010-08-03
    ➕
    SIMPSON, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Trevor John Sulley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/11/2018

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
Incorporated2010-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities

Registered office

93 - 97 Homesdale Road
Bromley
BR2 9LE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MARR, Paul Steven→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMPSON, Paul David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-06-01
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Active
SULLEY, Trevor John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-08-03 · resigned 2010-08-03
Resigned
SIMPSON, Anne→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-10-01 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned
SIMPSON, David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-08-03 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned
SIMPSON, Paul David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-10-01 · resigned 2011-01-14
Resigned
TOOMEY, Nicholas James→
director · ~45y · appointed 2010-10-01 · resigned 2018-08-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-01