ACASTER LLOYD HOLDINGS LTD

🌱Startupactive
16828877 · ltd · incorporated 2025-11-03
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), 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: Resolve: 1 insolvency-related filing on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 miscellaneous
  • 1 incorporation
  • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
17
filings
  • 5 capital
  • 4 officers
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  2. 2026-03-24
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2026-03-11
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2026-03-02
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2026-03-02
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-03-02
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2026-03-02
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2026-03-02
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2026-03-02
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2026-03-02
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2026-03-02
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2026-02-28
    BOOTH, Thomas William appointed
    director
  13. 2026-02-28
    WILLIAMS, Kate Alice, Dr appointed
    director
  14. 2026-02-28
    ACASTER, Sarah Louise resigned
    director
  15. 2026-02-28
    LLOYD, Andrew James resigned
    director
  16. 2026-01-27
    📄
    legacy
    capital · SH20
  17. 2026-01-27
    📄
    capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
    capital · SH19
  18. 2026-01-27
    ⚠️
    legacy
    insolvency · CAP-SS
  19. 2026-01-27
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2026-01-07
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  21. 2025-12-22
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  22. 2025-11-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACASTER LLOYD HOLDINGS LTD
  23. 2025-11-03
    ACASTER, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  24. 2025-11-03
    LLOYD, Andrew James appointed
    director
  25. 2025-11-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 0.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·
1 insolvency-related filing on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2026-01-27: legacy

2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: ACASTER, Sarah Louise resigned 2026-02-28; LLOYD, Andrew James resigned 2026-02-28

Group structure

Acaster Lloyd Trustee Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Acaster Lloyd Trustee Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ACASTER LLOYD HOLDINGS LTD
This company · 16828877

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
Acaster Lloyd Trustee Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting28/02/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Sarah Louise Acasterceased 28/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Andrew James Lloydceased 28/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2025-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

8th Floor Lacon House
84 Theobalds Road
London
WC1X 8NL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-03
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last:

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BOOTH, Thomas William
director · ~42y · appointed 2026-02-28
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Active
WILLIAMS, Kate Alice, Dr
director · ~39y · appointed 2026-02-28
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Active
ACASTER, Sarah Louise
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-11-03 · resigned 2026-02-28
Resigned
LLOYD, Andrew James
director · ~56y · appointed 2025-11-03 · resigned 2026-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (18 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2026-04-14
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-03-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-02
legacy
capital · SH20
2026-01-27
capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
capital · SH19
2026-01-27
legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2026-01-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-27