ACB INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09281901 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-27
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.3 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, 3 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
27 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-09
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-22
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  6. 2020-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-06-08
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-28
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  10. 2018-03-28
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-03-12
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    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2018-03-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  13. 2017-11-05
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-11-05
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-10-27
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    BILLINGTON, Bernard James appointed
    director
  16. 2017-10-27
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    BILLINGTON, Christine Anne appointed
    director
  17. 2017-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-07-24
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  19. 2014-10-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ACB INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  20. 2014-10-27
    ➕
    BILLINGTON, Adrian Charles appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Adrian Charles Billington
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

17 Tasman Close
Mickleover
Derby
DE3 9LF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BILLINGTON, Adrian Charles→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-10-27
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Active
BILLINGTON, Bernard James→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-10-27
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Active
BILLINGTON, Christine Anne→
director · ~73y · appointed 2017-10-27
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property09/03/2018—
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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-04