ACAS ELECTRICAL (WHOLESALE) LTD

💤Zombieactive
14566866 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-03
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46439
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47599Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red 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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-10-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-10
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-01-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACAS ELECTRICAL (WHOLESALE) LTD
  6. 2023-01-03
    CHUNARA, Abbas appointed
    director
  7. 2023-01-03
    📄
    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 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-03-25: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Acas Group Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Acas Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ACAS ELECTRICAL (WHOLESALE) LTD
This company · 14566866

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Acas Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting03/01/2023

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
Incorporated2023-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46439 — SIC 46439

Registered office

440 Bradford Road
Batley
WF17 5LS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CHUNARA, Abbas
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-01-03
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Recent filings (8 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-02-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-01-03