ACER SERVICES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12218910 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-20
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
18 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

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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees400400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-24
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-24
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-06-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-02
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-07-08
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  11. 2020-06-05
    ✏️
    change-of-name-request-comments
    change-of-name · NM06
  12. 2019-09-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACER SERVICES LIMITED
  13. 2019-09-20
    ➕
    BURT, Oliver Peter Sutherland appointed
    director
  14. 2019-09-20
    ➕
    LOWE, John Peter appointed
    director
  15. 2019-09-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Oliver Peter Sutherland Burt
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/09/2019
Mr John Peter Lowe
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/09/2019

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
Incorporated2019-09-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

2nd Floor East Winterton House
High Street
Westerham
Kent
TN16 1AQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURT, Oliver Peter Sutherland→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-09-20
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Active
LOWE, John Peter→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-09-20
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Recent filings (18 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-02