ACE CATERERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12600402 · ltd · incorporated 2020-05-13
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-03
    SAJID, Afaq appointed
    director
  6. 2023-01-03
    SAJID, Anis Ahmed resigned
    director
  7. 2023-01-03
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-01-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-01-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-01-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2022-05-02
    SAJID, Afaq resigned
    director
  12. 2022-05-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2022-05-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-05-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2022-04-08
    SAJID, Anis Ahmed appointed
    director
  16. 2022-04-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2022-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-05-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACE CATERERS LIMITED
  19. 2020-05-13
    SAJID, Afaq appointed
    director
  20. 2020-05-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-16

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Afaq Sajid
Individual · Austrian · DOB 10/1999 · age 27
75100%
75-100% shares03/01/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Anis Ahmed Sajidceased 03/01/2023· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Afaq Sajidceased 02/05/2022· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

23-27 King Street
Luton
LU1 2DW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-16OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SAJID, Afaq
director · ~27y · appointed 2023-01-03
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Active
SAJID, Afaq
director · ~27y · appointed 2020-05-13 · resigned 2022-05-02
Resigned
SAJID, Anis Ahmed
director · ~24y · appointed 2022-04-08 · resigned 2023-01-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02