ACER MANUFACTURING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07428611 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-03

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jul 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Average employees	400	400

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

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-04-30
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2024-04-30
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2023-04-28
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2022-04-07
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accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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accounts · AA
2020-07-30
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accounts · AA
2019-04-29
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accounts · AA
2019-02-20
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officers · CH01
2019-02-20
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officers · CH01
2019-02-20
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officers · CH01
2019-02-19
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officers · AP01
2019-02-19
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officers · AP01
2019-02-11
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HURD, Graham Michael appointed
director
2019-02-11
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PHILLIPS, Arthur appointed
director
2018-04-30
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accounts · AA
2017-04-27
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accounts · AA
2016-06-07
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2016-04-12
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PHILLIPS, Diane appointed
director
2016-04-12
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HURD, Graham Michael resigned
director
2010-11-23
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HURD, David John appointed
director
2010-11-23
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HURD, Graham Michael appointed
director
2010-11-03
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Company incorporated
As ACER MANUFACTURING LIMITED
2010-11-03
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LLOYD, Samuel George Alan appointed
director
2010-11-03
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LLOYD, Samuel George Alan resigned
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David John Hurd Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/04/2016
Mrs Diane Phillips Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Stately-Albion Ltdceased 12/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · 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

Incorporated2010-11-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Prince Of Wales Industrial Estate

Abercarn

Newport

NP11 5AR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-17

Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HURD, David John→

director · ~73y · appointed 2010-11-23

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Active

HURD, Graham Michael→

director · ~44y · appointed 2019-02-11

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Active

PHILLIPS, Arthur→

director · ~68y · appointed 2019-02-11

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Active

PHILLIPS, Diane→

director · ~67y · appointed 2016-04-12

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Active

HURD, Graham Michael→

director · ~44y · appointed 2010-11-23 · resigned 2016-04-12

Resigned

LLOYD, Samuel George Alan→

director · ~66y · appointed 2010-11-03 · resigned 2010-11-03

Resigned

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