ACEBRIGHT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13510552 · ltd · incorporated 2021-07-14
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
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£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-292023-07-29

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-04-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-06-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-06-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2022-06-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-06-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-06-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-06-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-07-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACEBRIGHT LTD
  14. 2021-07-14
    STABLES, Craig appointed
    secretary
  15. 2021-07-14
    FLANAGAN, Bethany appointed
    director
  16. 2021-07-14
    STABLES, Craig appointed
    director
  17. 2021-07-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-29

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Bethany Flanagan
Individual · British · DOB 02/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/07/2021
Mr Craig Stables
Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/07/2021

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
Incorporated2021-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Office 3 Downs Meadow Stables
Ranmore Road
Dorking
Surrey
RH4 1HW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-29OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-07-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

STABLES, Craig
secretary · appointed 2021-07-14
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Active
FLANAGAN, Bethany
director · ~33y · appointed 2021-07-14
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Active
STABLES, Craig
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-07-14
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-06-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-14