ACE SIGNAGE LIMITED

🚨Distressedactive
14311896 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-23
Investment thesis
Attractive distress candidate — real problems but workable structure.
Why interesting: Falling signals but no deal-breakers yet; room for negotiation and turnaround.
Why risky: Signals worsening; needs speed and capital discipline.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£-15.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £15,862

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£16k
Current Assets
£160
Current Liabilities
-£16k-£13k-£9k-£6k-£3k£160Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£-15.9k
Current assets£160
Net assets£-15.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-16
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-09-09
    📄
    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  4. 2025-08-05
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2025-01-09
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2024-11-12
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2024-06-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACE SIGNAGE LIMITED
  9. 2022-08-23
    MANOHARAN, Jeremy Daniel appointed
    director
  10. 2022-08-23
    📄
    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 ·
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: 2026-05-31

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jeremy Daniel Manoharan
Individual · British · DOB 05/2004 · age 22
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/08/2022

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
Incorporated2022-08-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

28 Wargrave Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA2 8LN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-05
Last: 2025-08-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MANOHARAN, Jeremy Daniel
director · ~22y · appointed 2022-08-23
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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-09-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-08-05
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-08-23