ACE DIRECT LTD
🌳Matureactive
08014664 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£333.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 21200
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 86900Other human health activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £333,256
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.1m
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£333k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £333.3k | £239.2k |
| Current assets | £1.21M | £1.10M |
| Cash | £1.08M | £968.7k |
| Debtors | £122.3k | £123.3k |
| Net assets | £333.3k | £239.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-04-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ACE DIRECT LTD
- 2012-04-02➕HUSSAIN, Mazahar appointeddirector
- 2012-04-02➕JAN, Rakhmat appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- 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 Mazahar Hussain Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 02/04/2017 |
Mrs Rakhmat Jan Individual · British · DOB 07/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 02/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC21200 — SIC 21200
Registered office
245 Entwisle Rd
Rochdale
OL16 2LJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HUSSAIN, Mazahar→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2012-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JAN, Rakhmat→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2012-04-02
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Recent filings (29 total)
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2026-04-20
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2026-01-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-10-29