ACUMENSIS LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI047887 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-11
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£7.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 £7,797

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£8k
↑ 166% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£5k£7k£10k£12kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£7.8k£2.9k
Current assets£12.3k£11.1k
Net assets£7.8k£2.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-09-30
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  4. 2022-12-19
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  5. 2022-01-30
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  6. 2021-05-27
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  7. 2020-11-02
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  8. 2020-11-02
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  9. 2020-03-02
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    MCGRATH, Michelle Mary appointed
    director
  10. 2020-02-25
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  11. 2019-04-10
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  12. 2018-08-17
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  13. 2017-02-08
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  14. 2016-01-21
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  15. 2015-11-02
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  16. 2003-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ACUMENSIS LTD
  17. 2003-09-11
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    MCGRATH, Michelle appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-09-11
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    MCGRATH, Joseph Aidan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joseph Aidan Mcgrath
Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
75–100%
—75-100% shares11/09/2016
Mrs Michelle Mary Mcgrath
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/03/2020

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
Incorporated2003-09-11
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

8 Harberton Drive
Belfast
Co. Antrim
BT9 6PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCGRATH, Michelle→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-11
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MCGRATH, Joseph Aidan→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-09-11
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MCGRATH, Michelle Mary→
director · ~67y · appointed 2020-03-02
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Recent filings (56 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-25