ACUTE CIVIL ENGINEERING (NORTHERN) LTD

💤Zombieactive
12657008 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-09
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£-32.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41201Construction of commercial buildings
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -94% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £32,564
Net assets shrinking
Down £72,424 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 94% YoY
Cash YoY
-94%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£401
↓ 94% YoY
Net Worth
-£33k
↓ 182% YoY
Current Assets
£466k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£33k£67k£167k£267k£367k£466kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£8.9k£39.9k
Current assets£466.3k£452.8k
Cash£401£6.8k
Debtors£465.9k£311.6k
Net assets£-32.6k£39.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-02-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-11-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-11-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2022-11-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2022-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-24
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2022-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-02-22
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2022-02-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2022-02-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2022-02-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2022-02-01
    ➖
    GLOVER, Daniel Spencer resigned
    director
  19. 2022-02-01
    ➖
    NEAL, Dean resigned
    director
  20. 2020-06-11
    ➕
    GLOVER, Carolyn Dawn Edith appointed
    director
  21. 2020-06-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2020-06-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACUTE CIVIL ENGINEERING (NORTHERN) LTD
  23. 2020-06-09
    ➕
    GLOVER, Daniel Spencer appointed
    director
  24. 2020-06-09
    ➕
    NEAL, Dean appointed
    director
  25. 2020-06-09
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    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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Dig Engineering Services Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Lean Civil Engineering Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ACUTE CIVIL ENGINEERING (NORTHERN) LTD
This company · 12657008

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dig Engineering Services Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/06/2020
Lean Civil Engineering Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/06/2020
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Carolyn Dawn Edith Gloverceased 02/11/2022· 75-100% voting
  • Mr Dean Nealceased 01/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest
  • Mr Daniel Spencer Gloverceased 01/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest

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
Incorporated2020-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Suite 2 Clitheroe Business Centre
105 Whalley Road
Clitheroe
Lancashire
BB7 1HW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

GLOVER, Carolyn Dawn Edith→
director · ~44y · appointed 2020-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLOVER, Daniel Spencer→
director · ~44y · appointed 2020-06-09 · resigned 2022-02-01
Resigned
NEAL, Dean→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-06-09 · resigned 2022-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-10