ACS AUTOMOTIVE RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08155798 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-25
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£58.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 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
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £58,824
Cash YoY
+27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£83k
↑ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£59k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£94k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£19k£38k£57k£75k£94kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£60.0k£52.6k
Current assets£94.2k£75.8k
Cash£82.5k£64.8k
Debtors£11.6k£11.0k
Net assets£58.8k£51.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-03-01
    ➕
    HUNT, Stacey appointed
    director
  8. 2022-11-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-25
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-08-05
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2019-08-05
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-08-05
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-08-01
    ➕
    CURTIS, Kevin John appointed
    director
  17. 2019-01-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-07-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2018-01-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2017-12-08
    ➖
    CURTIS, Kevin John resigned
    director
  21. 2012-07-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACS AUTOMOTIVE RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  22. 2012-07-25
    ➕
    CURTIS, Adam Lee appointed
    director
  23. 2012-07-25
    ➕
    CURTIS, Susan Sylvia appointed
    director
  24. 2012-07-25
    ➕
    CURTIS, Kevin John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin John Curtis
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/01/2019
Mr Adam Lee Curtis
Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Sylvia Curtis
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Kevin John Curtisceased 08/12/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-07-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

Charter House
103-105 Leigh Road
Leigh-On-Sea
Essex
SS9 1JL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CURTIS, Adam Lee→
director · ~42y · appointed 2012-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURTIS, Kevin John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURTIS, Susan Sylvia→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNT, Stacey→
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURTIS, Kevin John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2012-07-25 · resigned 2017-12-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24