ACS MANUFACTURING & SUPPLIES LTD.
🌳Matureactive
08544725 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-24
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32300
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
39 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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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See pricing →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 (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-04➕SHAW, Richard Alan appointeddirector
- 2024-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-05-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-04-25📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2019-04-25📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2019-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-11📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2019-01-07📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2019-01-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-12-21➖SHAW, Paul Cameron resigneddirector
- 2018-12-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-12-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2013-05-24🏢Company incorporatedAs ACS MANUFACTURING & SUPPLIES LTD.
- 2013-05-24➕SHAW, Alan Christopher appointeddirector
- 2013-05-24➕SHAW, Paul Cameron appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
29/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SHAW, Richard Alan (same surname) appointed 2024-11-04. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Susan Mary Shaw Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 25/05/2016 |
Mr Richard Alan Shaw Individual · British · DOB 06/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 25/05/2016 |
Mr Alan Christopher Shaw Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 25/05/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Paul Cameron Shawceased 21/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-05-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32300 — SIC 32300
Registered office
Unit 19gb Ravenscliffe Mills
Ravenscliffe Road, Calverley,
Leeds,
West Yorkshire,
LS28 5RZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
SHAW, Alan Christopher→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2013-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHAW, Richard Alan→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2024-11-04
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SHAW, Paul Cameron→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2013-05-24 · resigned 2018-12-21
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 18/12/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-04