ACE SHUTTERS & SHOPFRONTS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15345771 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-12
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43320Joinery installation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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, 2 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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 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
69/100Strong
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
82
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
Metric2024-12-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-05-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-05-28
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2025-05-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-01-02
    ALI, Danish appointed
    director
  10. 2025-01-02
    IJAZ, Hamza resigned
    director
  11. 2023-12-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACE SHUTTERS & SHOPFRONTS LTD
  12. 2023-12-12
    IJAZ, Hamza appointed
    director
  13. 2023-12-12
    📄
    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 2.4 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Danish Ali
Individual · British · DOB 02/2003 · age 23
75100%
board control75-100% shares · board control · firm interest02/01/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Hamza Ijazceased 02/01/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

25 Palace Street
Bury
BL9 7HQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-11
Last: 2025-05-28

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ALI, Danish
director · ~23y · appointed 2025-01-02
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Active
IJAZ, Hamza
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-12-12 · resigned 2025-01-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-12