AC ELECTRICAL (EAST ANGLIA) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08173387 · ltd · incorporated 2012-08-09

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£70.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £70,739

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£71k

↑ 68% YoY

Current Assets

£71k

↓ 5.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£73.5k	£47.0k
Current assets	£70.9k	£75.0k
Net assets	£70.7k	£42.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-28
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2023-05-26
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2020-05-30
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2019-03-01
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2018-05-14
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2017-05-22
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2016-05-31
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2015-05-26
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2012-08-09
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Company incorporated
As AC ELECTRICAL (EAST ANGLIA) LIMITED
2012-08-09
➕
WILLGRESS, David John appointed
director
2012-08-09
➕
WILLGRESS, Kevin Sidney appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+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

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

clean

No 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 David John Willgress Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	01/06/2016
Mr Kevin Sidney Willgress Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2012-08-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

65 Bells Road

Gorleston

Great Yarmouth

NR31 6AG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-23

Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILLGRESS, David John→

director · ~46y · appointed 2012-08-09

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WILLGRESS, Kevin Sidney→

director · ~70y · appointed 2012-08-09

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