AACE GROUP LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10358816 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-05
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 May 2025
Net worth
£2.00M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 £2,000,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2.0m
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£400k£800k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£2.00M£2.00M
Net assets£2.00M£2.00M

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
2
filings
  • • 2 capital
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 capital
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-05
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  2. 2026-06-05
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  3. 2026-02-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2026-02-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-09-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-07-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2020-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-31
    ➖
    COLLINS-BENT, Nolan resigned
    director
  19. 2019-01-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-11-30
    ➖
    TULLOCH, Richard Donald Arthur resigned
    director
  21. 2016-09-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AACE GROUP LIMITED
  22. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    HUSSEY, Gaynor appointed
    director
  23. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    HUSSEY, Lynette Sian appointed
    director
  24. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    COLLINS-BENT, Nolan appointed
    director
  25. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    TULLOCH, Richard Donald Arthur appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
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.

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 Richard Hussey
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/02/2018
Mrs Gaynor Hussey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/09/2016

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
Incorporated2016-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Bristol & Bath Science Park Dirac Crescent
Emersons Green
Bristol
BS16 7FR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HUSSEY, Gaynor→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUSSEY, Lynette Sian→
director · ~38y · appointed 2016-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINS-BENT, Nolan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-09-05 · resigned 2019-01-31
Resigned
TULLOCH, Richard Donald Arthur→
director · ~75y · appointed 2016-09-05 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-06-05
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21