ACE CONSTRUCTION LTD
💤Zombieactive
08856617 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-22
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£288.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (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: 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 (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £288,294
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6k
Net Worth
£288k
Current Assets
£1.4m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £564.7k | — |
| Current assets | £1.43M | — |
| Cash | £5.9k | — |
| Debtors | £1.42M | — |
| Net assets | £288.3k | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-05📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-12-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-12-01➕ZAHA, Ioana appointedsecretary
- 2022-11-25➖ANDRONIC, Ana Maria resignedsecretary
- 2022-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-15➕ANDRONIC, Ana Maria appointedsecretary
- 2021-07-15➖AROTARITEI, Alexandru resignedsecretary
- 2021-07-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-15📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-07-15📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-05-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-03-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-03-24➖CIOCAN, Pavel-Florin resigneddirector
- 2021-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-09📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-02-09📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-02-08➕AROTARITEI, Alexandru appointedsecretary
- 2021-02-05➖ANDRONIC, Ana-Maria resignedsecretary
- 2020-07-01➕ANDRONIC, Ana-Maria appointedsecretary
- 2015-08-29➖ANDRISCA, Maria-Magdalena resignedsecretary
- 2014-01-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ACE CONSTRUCTION LTD
- 2014-01-22➕CITA, Cosmin-Ionut appointeddirector
- 2014-01-22➕ANDRISCA, Maria-Magdalena appointedsecretary
- 2014-01-22➕CIOCAN, Pavel-Florin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
58/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Cosmin-Ionut Cita Individual · Romanian · DOB 05/1990 · age 36 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Pavel-Florin Ciocanceased 26/06/2018· 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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects
Registered office
Unit 57, Hillgrove Business Park Nazeing Road
Nazeing
Waltham Abbey
EN9 2HB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
Active
CITA, Cosmin-Ionut→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2014-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANDRISCA, Maria-Magdalena→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2014-01-22 · resigned 2015-08-29
ANDRONIC, Ana Maria→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2021-07-15 · resigned 2022-11-25
ANDRONIC, Ana-Maria→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2020-07-01 · resigned 2021-02-05
AROTARITEI, Alexandru→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2021-02-08 · resigned 2021-07-15
CIOCAN, Pavel-Florin→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2014-01-22 · resigned 2021-03-24
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Recent filings (47 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-12-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16