ACG ADVISORS GROUP (UK) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15600368 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-28
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
58/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 66190Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 58/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
58/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
56
Some moderate concerns — review 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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31

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
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 address
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-02-13
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2025-12-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-12-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-12-01
    CRENNA, Luca Alberto appointed
    director
  7. 2025-12-01
    ZANDONINI, Myriam appointed
    director
  8. 2025-02-10
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2024-12-27
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2024-12-27
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2024-12-27
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2024-12-27
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2024-12-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2024-12-17
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2024-12-17
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2024-12-17
    📄
    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  17. 2024-12-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2024-12-04
    ABSOLUTE CAPITAL GROUP AG appointed
    corporate-director
  19. 2024-12-04
    ACG ADVISORS (UK) LLP resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2024-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACG ADVISORS GROUP (UK) LIMITED
  21. 2024-03-28
    FERRO-VILLANI, Alberto appointed
    director
  22. 2024-03-28
    ACG ADVISORS (UK) LLP appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2024-03-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

45/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-10

Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2025-02-10: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

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

Group structure

Absolute Capital Group Ag holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Absolute Capital Group Ag
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
ACG ADVISORS GROUP (UK) LIMITED
This company · 15600368

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Absolute Capital Group Ag
Corporate entity
2550%
25-50% shares06/12/2024
Mr Alberto Ferro-Villani
Individual · Italian · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
2550%
25-50% shares06/12/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Albert Ferro-Villaniceased 06/12/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Acg Advisors (Uk) Llpceased 01/11/2024· 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
Incorporated2024-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

34 Lime Street
London
EC3M 7AT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-10OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-27

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CRENNA, Luca Alberto
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-12-01
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Active
FERRO-VILLANI, Alberto
director · ~51y · appointed 2024-03-28
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Active
ZANDONINI, Myriam
director · ~40y · appointed 2025-12-01
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Active
ABSOLUTE CAPITAL GROUP AG
corporate-director · appointed 2024-12-04
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Active
ACG ADVISORS (UK) LLP
corporate-director · appointed 2024-03-28 · resigned 2024-12-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-05
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-02-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-17
appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2024-12-17