ACE TELEPROMPT & PRODUCTION LTD

🌱Startupactive
16554084 · ltd · incorporated 2025-07-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£59.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Video production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £58,969

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£59k
Current Assets
£117k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-31
Total assets£59.0k
Current assets£116.8k
Net assets£59.0k

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-24
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-07-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACE TELEPROMPT & PRODUCTION LTD
  4. 2025-07-01
    CARTER, Amanda appointed
    director
  5. 2025-07-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Amanda Carter
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2025

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
Incorporated2025-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

87 Scatterdells Lane
Chipperfield
Kings Langley
WD4 9EU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-14
Last: 2026-06-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CARTER, Amanda
director · ~66y · appointed 2025-07-01
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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-07-01