ACIUM LTD
🌳Matureactive
09483823 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-248.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 21100
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46460SIC 46460
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £248,229
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£32k
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
-£248k
↓ 6.6% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £152.9k | £143.9k |
| Current assets | £34.2k | £46.7k |
| Cash | £32.2k | £41.2k |
| Debtors | £1.9k | £5.5k |
| Net assets | £-248.2k | £-232.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-02-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-01➕KANERIA, Amit appointeddirector
- 2020-08-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ACIUM LTD
- 2015-03-11➕KANERIA, Ambrishkumar Laxmidas appointeddirector
- 2015-03-11➕KANERIA, Amita Ambrish appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ambrish Kaneria Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Amita Kaneria Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/01/2021 |
Mr Amit Kaneria Individual · British · DOB 09/1984 · age 42 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/01/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC21100 — SIC 21100
Registered office
Business Technology Centre
Bessemer Drive
Stevenage
SG1 2DX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
KANERIA, Ambrishkumar Laxmidas→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2015-03-11
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KANERIA, Amit→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2021-01-01
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KANERIA, Amita Ambrish→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2015-03-11
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Recent filings (36 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24