ACG ADVISORS (UK) LLP

📉Decliningactive
OC385075 · llp · incorporated 2013-05-13
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£1.85M
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed business with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 75/100. 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 (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
64/100Worth 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £81,536
Revenue decline
Turnover down 32% YoY
Turnover YoY
-32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Turnover£1.85M£2.71M
Gross profit£875.2k£1.16M
Operating profit£71.5k£393.6k
Profit before tax£81.5k£409.4k
Average employees200400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-14
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  3. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
  5. 2024-12-19
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    change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH01
  6. 2024-12-19
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    change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH01
  7. 2024-12-18
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    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  8. 2024-12-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  9. 2024-11-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2024-10-29
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2024-07-10
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  12. 2024-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-07-14
    📄
    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  14. 2023-06-20
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    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  15. 2023-06-20
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    change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH01
  16. 2023-06-20
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    change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH01
  17. 2023-06-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
  18. 2023-06-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  19. 2023-06-20
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    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  20. 2023-05-15
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  21. 2023-03-16
    📄
    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  22. 2023-01-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2022-05-13
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  24. 2021-11-12
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  25. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2020-09-30
    ZANDONINI, Myriam appointed
    llp-member
  27. 2020-02-25
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 2016-04-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  29. 2015-01-22
    FITZPATRICK, Jason Robert resigned
    llp-designated-member
  30. 2014-05-07
    FITZPATRICK, Jason Robert appointed
    llp-designated-member
  31. 2014-05-07
    HEYAT, Afsaneh resigned
    llp-designated-member
  32. 2013-05-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACG ADVISORS (UK) LLP
  33. 2013-05-13
    FERRO-VILLANI, Alberto appointed
    llp-designated-member
  34. 2013-05-13
    ABSOLUTE CAPITAL GROUP AG appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  35. 2013-05-13
    HEYAT, Afsaneh appointed
    llp-designated-member

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-27

Group structure

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

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Absolute Capital Group Ag
Corporate parent
ACG ADVISORS (UK) LLP
This company · OC385075

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
Mr Alberto Ferro-Villani
Individual · Italian · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
control reported06/04/2016
Absolute Capital Group Ag
Corporate entity
control reported06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2013-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC

Registered office

34 Lime Street
London
EC3M 7AT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-27OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FERRO-VILLANI, Alberto
llp-designated-member · ~51y · appointed 2013-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABSOLUTE CAPITAL GROUP AG
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2013-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ZANDONINI, Myriam
llp-member · ~40y · appointed 2020-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FITZPATRICK, Jason Robert
llp-designated-member · ~12y · appointed 2014-05-07 · resigned 2015-01-22
Resigned
HEYAT, Afsaneh
llp-designated-member · ~57y · appointed 2013-05-13 · resigned 2014-05-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge27/04/201625/02/2020

Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
2024-12-19
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2024-12-19
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2024-12-19
change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH02
2024-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
2024-12-17
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH02
2023-07-14
change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH02
2023-06-20
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2023-06-20