ACH TECHNICAL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15226189 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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 (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-06-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2025-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-05-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-04-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2023-10-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACH TECHNICAL LTD
  10. 2023-10-21
    CHENERY, Adam Robert appointed
    director
  11. 2023-10-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adam Robert Chenery
Individual · British · DOB 04/1988 · age 38
5075%
25–50%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control21/10/2023
Mrs Lucy Amelia Chenery
Individual · British · DOB 02/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/04/2024

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
Incorporated2023-10-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

6 Goodhall Crescent
Clophill
Bedford
MK45 4AH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CHENERY, Adam Robert
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-10-21
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Recent filings (11 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-21