ACELL SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08776838 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£-141.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £141,660

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£142k
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£142k-£142k-£142k-£142k-£142k-£142kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-141.7k£-141.7k
Net assets£-141.7k£-141.7k

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-05-01
    ROMAINE, Henry Simmons resigned
    director
  17. 2013-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ACELL SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED
  18. 2013-11-15
    ALBERTELLI, Aldino appointed
    director
  19. 2013-11-15
    ROMAINE, Henry Simmons appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Aldino Albertelli
Individual · Italian · DOB 12/1949 · age 77
sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

Fleming Court Leigh Road
Eastleigh
Southampton
Hampshire
SO50 9PD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ALBERTELLI, Aldino
director · ~77y · appointed 2013-11-15
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Active
ROMAINE, Henry Simmons
director · ~62y · appointed 2013-11-15 · resigned 2015-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-03