ACKSTONE CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
08152606 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Plastering
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.8y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-10-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-10-10🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited Trading as Together
- 2018-10-10🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited Trading as Together
- 2018-10-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-09-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-09-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-09-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2017-09-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2014-01-17➖OWOLABI, Olayinka resignedsecretary
- 2012-07-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ACKSTONE CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
- 2012-07-23➕OWOLABI, Akinlabi appointeddirector
- 2012-07-23➕OWOLABI, Olayinka appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
58/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Akinlabi Owolabi Individual · British · DOB 09/1980 · age 46 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A CABLING LTD→ 16191100 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| A DEDIU CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD→ 11402424 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ABACUS INVESTMENTS (U.K) LTD→ 10481300 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ABE FLOWTECH LIMITED→ 16461274 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AC HEATING LTD→ 14106609 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ACE ELECTRICAL LONDON LTD→ 13226112 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ACE ROOFING SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 13073209 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ACG DEFENDER LIMITED→ 15271208 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ACKSTONE DRYLINING LTD→ 16201386 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACM DRILLING LIMITED→ 15520654 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ACME PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED→ 15910440 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACORN LOFT & EXTENSION LIMITED→ 16578506 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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8 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
Incorporated2012-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43310 — Plastering
Registered office
26 Crossbow Road
Chigwell
IG7 4EZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
OWOLABI, Akinlabi→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2012-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OWOLABI, Olayinka→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2012-07-23 · resigned 2014-01-17
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited Trading as Together | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/10/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited Trading as Together | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/10/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/09/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/09/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (43 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-15