ACA PHILANTHROPY AND FUNDRAISING LTD

🌳Matureactive
08290649 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-12
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£99.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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 -89% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £99,526
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,899 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 89% YoY
Cash YoY
-89%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↓ 89% YoY
Net Worth
£100k
↓ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
£163k
↓ 9.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£36k£72k£109k£145k£181kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£99.5k£166.3k
Current assets£163.4k£181.1k
Cash£7.8k£68.9k
Debtors£155.6k£112.2k
Net assets£99.5k£102.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-10-14
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  4. 2025-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-07-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-07-01
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  7. 2024-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-11-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-11-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2023-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-02-07
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2023-02-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2021-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2021-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2017-03-24
    FREGIL, Malene appointed
    director
  22. 2012-11-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACA PHILANTHROPY AND FUNDRAISING LTD
  23. 2012-11-12
    CLAYTON, Alan 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Malene Fregil
Individual · Danish · DOB 11/1984 · age 42
2550%
25-50% shares24/03/2017
Mr Alan Clayton
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1969 · age 57
2550%
25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

128 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CLAYTON, Alan John
director · ~57y · appointed 2012-11-12
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Active
FREGIL, Malene
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-03-24
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Active

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Recent filings (53 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-29
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-10
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-04