AAC TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08051679 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-30
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-41.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £41,254
Net assets shrinking
Down £211,697 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£98k
Net Worth
-£41k
↓ 124% YoY
Current Assets
£947k
↑ 53% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £61.8k | £8.2k |
| Current assets | £947.0k | £617.8k |
| Cash | £97.9k | — |
| Debtors | £649.7k | — |
| Net assets | £-41.3k | £170.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-20📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2025-03-20📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2025-03-20📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2024-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2015-03-31➕CLARKE, Paul Alexander appointeddirector
- 2012-04-30🏢Company incorporatedAs AAC TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED
- 2012-04-30➕CLARKE, Annie Aletta appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 Paul Alexander Clarke Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/12/2016 |
Mrs Annie Aletta Clarke Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2012-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 2 Brunel Business Court
Brunel Way
Thetford
Norfolk
IP24 1HP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CLARKE, Annie Aletta→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2012-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARKE, Paul Alexander→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2015-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (38 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-03-20
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-03-20
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31