AC COMPOSITES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11441395 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-29
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

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£226.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 29320
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33160SIC 33160
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -30% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £226,143
Net assets shrinking
Down £168,220 YoY
Cash YoY
-30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£92k
↓ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£226k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£342k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£109k£219k£328k£438k£547kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£232.9k£411.1k
Current assets£342.2k£547.2k
Cash£92.4k£132.4k
Debtors£229.8k£402.8k
Net assets£226.1k£394.4k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-11-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-11-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-06-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-15
    WORMALD, Matthew John resigned
    director
  14. 2021-01-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-11-15
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-11-15
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    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-11-13
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    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-11-13
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    address · AD01
  20. 2018-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As AC COMPOSITES LIMITED
  21. 2018-06-29
    BAKER, Angela Susan appointed
    director
  22. 2018-06-29
    CARROLL, Andrew James appointed
    director
  23. 2018-06-29
    WORMALD, Matthew John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew James Carroll
Individual · British · DOB 11/1981 · age 45
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control29/06/2018
Ms Angela Susan Baker
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/07/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Angela Bakerceased 15/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Matthew John Wormaldceased 15/01/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC29320 — SIC 29320

Registered office

Unit 7 Green Farm Industrial Estate
Abbots Ripton
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE28 2PF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BAKER, Angela Susan
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-06-29
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Active
CARROLL, Andrew James
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-06-29
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Active
WORMALD, Matthew John
director · ~51y · appointed 2018-06-29 · resigned 2021-01-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-11