ACAI GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09581395 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-08
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.
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 4.0y

25/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Charge age ~4.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
35 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
42 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

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-28
Average employees1600

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-10-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Pgim Real Estate Loan Services Inc. as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties.
  4. 2024-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2024-09-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  7. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-05
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  9. 2023-06-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-06-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-07-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2022-07-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank Suisse (Sa)
  14. 2021-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-11
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    DEE-SHAPLAND, Peter resigned
    director
  18. 2019-06-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-05-06
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2019-04-30
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    DEE-SHAPLAND, Peter appointed
    director
  21. 2019-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2019-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2015-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ACAI GROUP LIMITED
  24. 2015-05-08
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    DALAH, Annette Jill appointed
    director
  25. 2015-05-08
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    GABBAY, Alan appointed
    director
  26. 2015-05-08
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    GABBAY, David Selim, Dr appointed
    director
  27. 2015-05-08
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    HANOUKA, Caroline appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Annette Jill Dalah
Individual · British · DOB 11/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Alan Gabbay
Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Caroline Hanouka
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
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
Incorporated2015-05-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Sackville Street
London
W1S 3DG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last: 2026-05-05

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

DALAH, Annette Jill→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-05-08
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Active
GABBAY, Alan→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-05-08
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Active
GABBAY, David Selim, Dr→
director · ~82y · appointed 2015-05-08
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Active
HANOUKA, Caroline→
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEE-SHAPLAND, Peter→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-04-30 · resigned 2019-06-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Pgim Real Estate Loan Services . as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties.
Pgim Real Estate Loan Services Inc. as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties.
A registered charge1 property03/10/2025—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property16/09/2024—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank Suisse (Sa)
A registered charge1 property12/07/2022—
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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05