ACRE CITY LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10499273 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
8 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 4.5y
60/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Charge age ~4.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 30 | 100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-04🔒Charge registered #8Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2024-04-04🔒Charge registered #7Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2024-04-04🔒Charge registered #6Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2024-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-08-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-03-05📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-28📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-08-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-01-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-25🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C
- 2022-01-25🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C
- 2022-01-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C
- 2022-01-25🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C
- 2022-01-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C
- 2021-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ACRE CITY LIMITED
- 2016-11-28➕PANKHANIA, Kamal appointeddirector
- 2016-11-28➕PANKHANIA, Sunil appointeddirector
- 2016-11-28➕PANKHANIA, Vraj appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +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
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
Red flags
1 low7 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
7 Churchill Court 58 Station Road
North Harrow
Harrow
HA2 7SA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
PANKHANIA, Kamal→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2016-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PANKHANIA, Sunil→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2016-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PANKHANIA, Vraj→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2016-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
8
Total charges
7
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 04/04/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/04/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 04/04/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Aib Group (UK) P.L.C | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/01/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Aib Group (UK) P.L.C | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/01/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Aib Group (UK) P.L.C | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/01/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Aib Group (UK) P.L.C | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/01/2022 | — | |
| satisfied | Aib Group (UK) P.L.C | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/01/2022 | 09/08/2023 |
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Recent filings (38 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-08-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-03