ACAMES LTD
🌳Matureactive
07718169 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-26
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-895.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 43210Electrical installation
- 43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 75/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £895,575
Cash YoY
+76205%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£521k
↑ 76205% YoY
Net Worth
-£896k
↓ 309% YoY
Current Assets
£654k
↑ 390% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-890.2k | £-203.1k |
| Current assets | £654.1k | £133.6k |
| Cash | £521.2k | £683 |
| Debtors | £132.9k | £112.9k |
| Net assets | £-895.6k | £-218.8k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-12-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: K. Martin (Sudbury) Limited
- 2025-07-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-07-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-28➕CAMPBELL, Stuart appointeddirector
- 2024-06-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2024-06-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-06-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-05-30📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-05-30📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-05-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2014-07-01➕CAMPBELL, Alastair Balfour appointeddirector
- 2014-07-01➖DEASON, Johanna Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2014-01-14➖CAMPBELL, Alastair Balfour resigneddirector
- 2014-01-14➕DEASON, Johanna Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2014-01-09➖DEASON, Johanna Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2013-02-27➕CAMPBELL, Alastair Balfour appointeddirector
- 2011-07-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ACAMES LTD
- 2011-07-26➕DEASON, Johanna Elizabeth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A AND H INVESTMENT (BUILDING) LIMITED→ 15204924 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A AND H INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ 15201406 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A B L DEVELOPMENT LIMITED→ 04164123 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| A C CONSTRUCTION (COLCHESTER) LIMITED→ 06654662 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| A C P WOODWORKING LIMITED→ 04848344 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| A CLASS ROOFING & BUILDING SERVICES LTD→ 10683738 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| A D BUILD LIMITED→ 15294717 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A2Z SAFETY LTD→ 12531050 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AA ELECTRICAL AND MAINTENANCE LIMITED→ 16341744 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AA SCAFFOLDING (ESSEX) LTD→ 15310891 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABOVE PLUMBING AND HEATING LIMITED→ 10445265 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ABSOLUTE BUILDING CONTRACTORS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED→ 14699194 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects
Registered office
1 The Myrtles The Street
Belchamp Otten
Sudbury
Essex
CO10 7BG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
CAMPBELL, Alastair Balfour→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2014-07-01
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CAMPBELL, Stuart→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2024-06-28
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CAMPBELL, Alastair Balfour→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2013-02-27 · resigned 2014-01-14
DEASON, Johanna Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2014-01-14 · resigned 2014-07-01
DEASON, Johanna Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2011-07-26 · resigned 2014-01-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | K. Martin (Sudbury) K. Martin (Sudbury) Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/12/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (53 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-06-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-06-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-05-30
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-05-30