ACERT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09534159 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-09

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£12.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Driving school activities

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £12,283

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12k

↑ 3.5% YoY

Current Assets

£14k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£12.3k	£11.9k
Current assets	£14.4k	£14.5k
Net assets	£12.3k	£11.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-07-23
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2024-11-20
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accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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accounts · AA
2021-10-22
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accounts · AA
2020-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-04
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accounts · AA
2019-07-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-03-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-02-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-11-25
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accounts · AA
2016-05-04
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2015-09-30
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officers · CH01
2015-04-09
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Company incorporated
As ACERT LIMITED
2015-04-09
➕
CARTER, Andrew William appointed
director
2015-04-09
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CARTER, Tracy appointed
director

Owner dependency

79/100

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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew William Carter Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/04/2017
Mrs Tracy Carter Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/04/2017

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

Incorporated2015-04-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

Commerce House

18 West Street

Bourne

Lincolnshire

PE10 9NE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-23

Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CARTER, Andrew William→

director · ~64y · appointed 2015-04-09

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Active

CARTER, Tracy→

director · ~58y · appointed 2015-04-09

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Active

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