ACE ENHANCED SERVICES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10585473 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2017-01-26
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2024-08-31
Average employees1400

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-01-20
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    YOUD, Julie resigned
    director
  4. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-02-01
    ➕
    GATER, Jacqueline Margaret appointed
    director
  14. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-04-01
    ➕
    YOUD, Julie appointed
    director
  17. 2018-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-05-21
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2017-11-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2017-08-31
    ➖
    BUSBY, Stuart John resigned
    director
  21. 2017-01-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACE ENHANCED SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 2017-01-26
    ➕
    WEYMAN, Cheryl Julie Amanda appointed
    director
  23. 2017-01-26
    ➕
    BUSBY, Stuart John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Academy For Character And Excellence
Individual
—75–100%board control75-100% voting · board control26/01/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2017-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Totnes St John's Primary School
Pathfields
Totnes
TQ9 5TZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GATER, Jacqueline Margaret→
director · ~77y · appointed 2020-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEYMAN, Cheryl Julie Amanda→
director · ~62y · appointed 2017-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUSBY, Stuart John→
director · ~51y · appointed 2017-01-26 · resigned 2017-08-31
Resigned
YOUD, Julie→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-04-01 · resigned 2026-01-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-26