ACUITY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08640969 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-398.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.4y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £398,814
Cash YoY
+103%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
↑ 103% YoY
Net Worth
-£399k
↓ 344% YoY
Current Assets
£876k
↓ 1.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£399k-£142k£115k£372k£628k£885kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£93.9k£-89.8k
Current assets£876.2k£885.1k
Cash£19.7k£9.7k
Debtors£292.3k£311.2k
Net assets£-398.8k£-89.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-11-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2024-10-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  6. 2024-08-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-01-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-01-17
    ➕
    STERLING, Michael David appointed
    director
  9. 2023-11-02
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2023-11-02
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2023-10-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2023-10-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2023-10-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  14. 2023-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-05-30
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  17. 2022-09-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-05-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2020-02-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  22. 2020-01-04
    ➖
    CRAMER, Stephen John resigned
    secretary
  23. 2020-01-04
    ➖
    CRAMER, Stephen John resigned
    director
  24. 2018-01-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  25. 2013-08-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACUITY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
  26. 2013-08-07
    ➕
    MCGREEVY, Stuart Douglas, Mr. appointed
    director
  27. 2013-08-07
    ➕
    CRAMER, Stephen John appointed
    secretary
  28. 2013-08-07
    ➕
    CRAMER, Stephen John appointed
    director
  29. 2013-08-07
    ➕
    LORMAN, Edward Philip appointed
    director
  30. 2013-08-07
    ➖
    LORMAN, Edward Philip resigned
    director
  31. 2013-08-07
    ➕
    VAN ROOYEN, Pieter appointed
    director
  32. 2013-08-07
    ➖
    VAN ROOYEN, Pieter resigned
    director
  33. 2013-08-07
    ➕
    FPSS GROUP LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  34. 2013-08-07
    ➖
    FPSS GROUP LTD resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

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

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

Group structure

Acuity Professional Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Acuity Professional Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ACUITY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 08640969

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Acuity Professional Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-08-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Unit 2.02 High Weald House
Glovers End
Bexhill
East Sussex
TN39 5ES
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MCGREEVY, Stuart Douglas, Mr.→
director · ~62y · appointed 2013-08-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STERLING, Michael David→
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRAMER, Stephen John→
secretary · appointed 2013-08-07 · resigned 2020-01-04
Resigned
CRAMER, Stephen John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-08-07 · resigned 2020-01-04
Resigned
LORMAN, Edward Philip→
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-08-07 · resigned 2013-08-07
Resigned
VAN ROOYEN, Pieter→
director · ~52y · appointed 2013-08-07 · resigned 2013-08-07
Resigned
FPSS GROUP LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2013-08-07 · resigned 2013-08-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property31/10/2024—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—19/01/201826/10/2023
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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-16