ACK MANUFACTURING LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12662633 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28930
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 31020SIC 31020
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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, 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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2023-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1000 | 1000 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-06-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-01➖WONG, Katrina Yuen Keng resigneddirector
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-10➕LI, Hongle appointeddirector
- 2023-11-03➕WONG, Yuk Yiu appointeddirector
- 2023-11-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-06-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ACK MANUFACTURING LTD
- 2020-06-11➕WONG, Katrina Yuen Keng appointeddirector
- 2020-06-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Hongle Li Individual · Chinese · DOB 07/1987 · age 39 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest | 23/10/2024 |
Mr Yuk Yiu Wong Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 13/06/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Miss Katrina Yuen Keng Wongceased 01/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28930 — SIC 28930
Registered office
Advanced Enterprise House Unit 4, Farrington Fields Trading Estate
Farrington Gurney
Bristol
BS39 6UU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
Active
WONG, Yuk Yiu→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2023-11-03
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WONG, Katrina Yuen Keng→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2020-06-11 · resigned 2024-10-01
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Recent filings (24 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-03