ACE PROJECT DESIGN LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14820267 · ltd · incorporated 2023-04-21
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,525

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 1.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£981£2k£3k£4k£5kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£4.5k£3.3k
Current assets£4.9k£4.8k
Net assets£4.5k£3.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACE PROJECT DESIGN LIMITED
  4. 2023-04-21
    CROWHURST, Graham Andrew appointed
    director
  5. 2023-04-21
    CROWHURST, Luke appointed
    director
  6. 2023-04-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Luke Crowhurst
Individual · British · DOB 10/1997 · age 29
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/04/2023

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
Incorporated2023-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

Unit 1b, Focus Four
Fourth Avenue
Letchworth
Hertfordshire
SG6 2TU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CROWHURST, Graham Andrew
director · ~56y · appointed 2023-04-21
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Active
CROWHURST, Luke
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-04-21
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-04-21