ACE TOWBARS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10910585 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-11
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).

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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees2300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
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 (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-10-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-10-06
    ➕
    HARRIS, Emma Louise appointed
    director
  13. 2019-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE TOWBARS LIMITED
  15. 2017-08-11
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    HARRIS, Neil Simon appointed
    director
  16. 2017-08-11
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Simon Harris
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/08/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Emma Louise Harrisceased 06/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2017-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

113 Rivermead Business Centre
Rivermead Drive
Swindon
SN5 7EX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HARRIS, Emma Louise→
director · ~49y · appointed 2019-10-06
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Active
HARRIS, Neil Simon→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-08-11
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-13