ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING LTD

🌳Matureactive
09038431 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-13
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 10.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£281.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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

1 live charge · oldest 10.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
46 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Positive net assets
Net assets £281,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
Net Worth
£281k
Current Assets
£328k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£66k£131k£197k£263k£328kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£281.0k—
Current assets£328.2k—
Cash£1.0k—
Debtors£327.2k—
Net assets£281.0k—
Average employees—0

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-17
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2026-01-13
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2020-12-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2020-02-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2019-08-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-08-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-08-28
    ➕
    WOUTERSE, Alexander Jan appointed
    director
  17. 2019-08-28
    ➖
    IRWIN, Jonathan Paul resigned
    director
  18. 2019-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-04-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-04-24
    ➕
    IRWIN, Jonathan Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2019-04-24
    ➖
    WHITTAKER, Lee Harvey resigned
    director
  22. 2018-03-23
    ➖
    LORD, Stephen John William resigned
    director
  23. 2018-03-15
    ➕
    WHITTAKER, Lee Harvey appointed
    director
  24. 2018-02-28
    ➖
    HICKS, Jane resigned
    secretary
  25. 2018-02-28
    ➖
    WARDLE, Peter James resigned
    director
  26. 2015-11-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hughes Armstrong Industries LP
  27. 2014-09-22
    ➕
    HUGHES ARMSTRONG INDUSTRIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2014-05-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING LTD
  29. 2014-05-13
    ➕
    HICKS, Jane appointed
    secretary
  30. 2014-05-13
    ➕
    LORD, Stephen John William appointed
    director
  31. 2014-05-13
    ➕
    WARDLE, Peter James appointed
    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 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

Hughes Armstrong Industries Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Hughes Armstrong Industries Ltd
Corporate parent
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ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING LTD
This company · 09038431

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Hughes Armstrong Industries Ltd
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/05/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Hughes Armstrong Industries Lpceased 22/05/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2014-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1a&B, Leyland Business Park Centurion Way
Farington
Leyland
PR25 3GR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

WOUTERSE, Alexander Jan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES ARMSTRONG INDUSTRIES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2014-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKS, Jane→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-13 · resigned 2018-02-28
Resigned
IRWIN, Jonathan Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-04-24 · resigned 2019-08-28
Resigned
LORD, Stephen John William→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-05-13 · resigned 2018-03-23
Resigned
WARDLE, Peter James→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-05-13 · resigned 2018-02-28
Resigned
WHITTAKER, Lee Harvey→
director · ~62y · appointed 2018-03-15 · resigned 2019-04-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Hughes Armstrong Industries LP
A registered charge—26/11/2015—
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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-22