ACLA HOLDINGS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11065638 · ltd · incorporated 2017-11-15
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46711SIC 46711
  • 64303Activities of venture and development capital companies
  • 64999Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 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
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-31

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-11-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2017-11-22
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    FERNANDES, Licidas Joaquim Cruz appointed
    director
  11. 2017-11-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2017-11-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2017-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ACLA HOLDINGS LIMITED
  14. 2017-11-15
    ➕
    CHONILAL, Pankaj appointed
    director
  15. 2017-11-15
    ➕
    SVERRISSON, Gudmundur Ingvi, Dr appointed
    director
  16. 2017-11-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Pankaj Chonilal
Individual · Portuguese · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/11/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Dr Gudmundur Ingvi Sverrissonceased 22/11/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2017-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

7 Battersea Square
London
SW11 3RA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CHONILAL, Pankaj→
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERNANDES, Licidas Joaquim Cruz→
director · ~74y · appointed 2017-11-22
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Active
SVERRISSON, Gudmundur Ingvi, Dr→
director · ~76y · appointed 2017-11-15
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-26