ACTON GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11285905 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-03
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 8.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 42910
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.0y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-01-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-08-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Positive Cashflow Finance Limited
- 2019-03-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-09-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-09-24➕DONAGHY, Philip Robert appointeddirector
- 2018-09-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-09-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-07-24➖DONAGHY, Philip Robert resigneddirector
- 2018-07-23➕DONAGHY, Melanie Dawn appointeddirector
- 2018-06-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Genesis Asset Finance Limited
- 2018-04-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTON GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
- 2018-04-03➕DONAGHY, Philip Robert appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Philip Robert Donaghy Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 03/04/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-04-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC42910 — SIC 42910
Registered office
Unit 10 Rough Hey Road
Grimsargh
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 5AR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DONAGHY, Melanie Dawn→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DONAGHY, Philip Robert→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DONAGHY, Philip Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-04-03 · resigned 2018-07-24
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Positive Cashflow Finance Positive Cashflow Finance Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 05/08/2019 | — | |
| satisfied | Genesis Asset Finance Genesis Asset Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 28/06/2018 | 21/01/2022 |
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Recent filings (29 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-22