ACAP SUPPORT SERVICES UK LTD

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16239814 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 85 → 90
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Hygiene score: 8590
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£117.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (71/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
6 filings
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £117,003

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£50k
Net Worth
£117k
Current Assets
£218k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Total assets£117.0k
Current assets£217.6k
Cash£49.7k
Debtors£167.9k
Net assets£117.0k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-24
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-06-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-06-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-06-18
    STEELE, Keith Anthony appointed
    director
  6. 2025-06-18
    JEFFERY, John Ben resigned
    director
  7. 2025-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACAP SUPPORT SERVICES UK LTD
  8. 2025-02-10
    JEFFERY, John Ben appointed
    director
  9. 2025-02-10
    📄
    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 1.4 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

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

Group structure

Acap Uk Llc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Acap Uk Llc
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ACAP SUPPORT SERVICES UK LTD
This company · 16239814

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
Acap Uk Llc
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/02/2025

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
Incorporated2025-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Factotum Group Llp The Kinetic Centre
Theobald Street
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 4PJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

STEELE, Keith Anthony
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-06-18
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Active
JEFFERY, John Ben
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-02-10 · resigned 2025-06-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-10