ACTON SERVICE CENTRE LIMITED
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -49% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £46.6k | £130.2k |
| Current assets | £113.5k | £185.9k |
| Cash | £74.5k | £146.0k |
| Debtors | £27.5k | £27.9k |
| Net assets | £37.4k | £111.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2023-07-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-10📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-01➕GAMI, Devan Velji appointeddirector
- 2015-05-01➕GAMI, Kishan Velji appointeddirector
- 2015-05-01➖VEKARIA, Mukesh Velji resigneddirector
- 2012-07-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTON SERVICE CENTRE LIMITED
- 2012-07-04➕GAMI, Velji Khimji appointeddirector
- 2012-07-04➕VEKARIA, Mukesh Velji appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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