ACE CROSS COUNTRY LTD

🌳Matureactive

10168337 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-07

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 Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	—	£38.1k
Current assets	—	£14.8k
Net assets	—	£10.3k
Average employees	0	—

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-07-25
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
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officers · AP03
2022-02-10
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officers · TM02
2022-02-01
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SHEPHERD, Kirby appointed
secretary
2022-02-01
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JENKINS, Anita Helen resigned
secretary
2021-01-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-09
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officers · TM01
2021-01-09
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officers · TM01
2021-01-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-09
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address · AD01
2021-01-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-01-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-01-08
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-01-08
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-01-08
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officers · AP01
2021-01-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-01
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ROSE, Martin Brian David appointed
director
2021-01-01
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SHEPHERD, Barbara appointed
director
2021-01-01
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SHEPHERD, Kirby Ann appointed
director
2021-01-01
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SHEPHERD, William John appointed
director
2021-01-01
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JENKINS, Anita Helen resigned
director
2021-01-01
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WILLIAMS, Anthony Raymond resigned
director
2021-01-01
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WILLIAMS, Michael Sidney resigned
director
2018-02-25
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JENKINS, Anita Helen appointed
director
2018-02-25
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KITCHENER, Lynsey Jayne resigned
director
2016-05-07
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Company incorporated
As ACE CROSS COUNTRY LTD
2016-05-07
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JENKINS, Anita Helen appointed
secretary
2016-05-07
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KITCHENER, Lynsey Jayne appointed
director
2016-05-07
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WILLIAMS, Anthony Raymond appointed
director
2016-05-07
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WILLIAMS, Michael Sidney 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Martin Brian David Rose Individual · British · DOB 10/1987 · age 39	25–50%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	01/01/2021
Mr William John Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/01/2021
Mrs Barbara Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/01/2021
Miss Kirby Ann Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 08/1984 · age 42	25–50%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	01/01/2021

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Anthony Raymond Williamsceased 01/01/2021· 25-50% shares
Mr Michael Sidney Williamsceased 01/01/2021· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-05-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

63 Spinners Road

Brockworth

Gloucester

GL3 4LW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-20

Last: 2025-05-06