ACD PARTNERS LLP

💤Zombieactive
OC404659 · llp · incorporated 2016-03-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.1y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 0 with DOB)
70
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
    📄
    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  2. 2026-04-30
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  3. 2026-03-13
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  4. 2026-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-03-11
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2025-03-10
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  8. 2025-03-04
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2024-03-04
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  10. 2024-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-03-02
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  12. 2022-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-03-02
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  14. 2022-03-01
    📄
    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  15. 2022-03-01
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  16. 2022-03-01
    📄
    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  17. 2022-03-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  18. 2021-11-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-09-13
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR01
  20. 2021-09-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR01
  21. 2021-09-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Close Brothers Limited
  22. 2021-09-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Close Brothers Limited
  23. 2021-05-11
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  24. 2020-12-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  25. 2020-03-02
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  26. 2020-02-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  27. 2019-10-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  28. 2018-03-28
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Christopher Driscoll and Helen Therese Driscoll (As Trustees of the Driscoll Family Pension Fund)
  29. 2018-01-01
    ➖
    SIDNEY LLEWELLYN LTD resigned
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  30. 2016-03-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACD PARTNERS LLP
  31. 2016-03-03
    ➕
    OAKRIDGE PARTNERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  32. 2016-03-03
    ➕
    SKYGLASS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  33. 2016-03-03
    ➕
    SIDNEY LLEWELLYN LTD appointed
    corporate-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

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

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Skyglass Developments Limited
Corporate parent
🏛️
Oakridge Partners Limited
Corporate parent
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ACD PARTNERS LLP
This company · OC404659

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
Skyglass Developments Limited
Corporate entity
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Oakridge Partners Limited
Corporate entity
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Sidney Llewellyn Ltdceased 01/01/2018· 25-50% voting

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2016-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—

Registered office

74a Station Road East
Oxted
RH8 0PG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

OAKRIDGE PARTNERS LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2016-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKYGLASS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2016-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIDNEY LLEWELLYN LTD→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2016-03-03 · resigned 2018-01-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Close Brothers
Close Brothers Limited
A registered charge1 property03/09/2021—
outstanding
Close Brothers
Close Brothers Limited
A registered charge1 property03/09/2021—
outstanding
Christopher Driscoll and Helen Therese Driscoll (As Trustees of the Driscoll Family Pension Fund)
A registered charge1 property28/03/2018—
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Recent filings (36 total)

change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH02
2026-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-03-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-03-02
change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH02
2022-03-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
2022-03-01