ACAS GROUP LTD

🌳Matureactive

09952013 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-14

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£18.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £18,567

Net assets shrinking

Down £12,320 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£19k

↓ 40% YoY

Current Assets

£30k

↓ 5.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£18.6k	£30.9k
Current assets	£29.7k	£31.5k
Net assets	£18.6k	£30.9k

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

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 (21 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
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officers · AP01
2024-04-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-05
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-31
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BARTON, Adam Thomas appointed
director
2024-03-31
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BINIEDA, Matthew James appointed
director
2023-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2021-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-01-14
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Company incorporated
As ACAS GROUP LTD
2016-01-14
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CUNNINGHAM, Jonathan Peter appointed
director
2016-01-14
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CUNNINGHAM, Tobias Henry appointed
director
2016-01-14
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PEGG, Matthew James 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Matthew James Pegg Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Peter Cunningham Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Tobias Henry Cunningham Individual · British · DOB 02/1994 · age 32	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2016-01-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

455 Carr Place

Walton Summit Centre

Bamber Bridge

Lancashire

PR5 8AU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-29

Last: 2026-04-15