ACE FOAM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10045627 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-07
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£221.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £221,790
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,763 YoY
Cash YoY
+65%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£118k
↑ 65% YoY
Net Worth
£222k
↓ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
£225k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k£250kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£228.3k£246.7k
Current assets£224.5k£250.3k
Cash£117.8k£71.6k
Debtors£94.1k£164.5k
Net assets£221.8k£231.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-08-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2016-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE FOAM LIMITED
  17. 2016-03-07
    ➕
    LEWANDOWSKA, Helen Julia appointed
    director
  18. 2016-03-07
    ➕
    TRANTER, Kevin Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 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 65. 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Paul Tranter
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Helen Julia Lewandowska
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
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
Incorporated2016-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Clear Accountancy
E-Innovation Centre
Priorslee
Telford
TF2 9FT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LEWANDOWSKA, Helen Julia→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-03-07
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Active
TRANTER, Kevin Paul→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-03-07
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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-08-26