FORCEACE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC123665 · ltd · incorporated 1990-03-12
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£34.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
96 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 £34,520

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£35k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£14k£21k£28k£35kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£34.5k£26.3k
Current assets£4.1k£3.9k
Net assets£34.5k£26.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2023-11-22
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  4. 2023-02-03
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  5. 2022-03-03
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  6. 2021-05-24
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  7. 2021-03-11
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-02-17
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  9. 2018-10-30
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  10. 2018-04-16
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  11. 2017-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-07
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-02-22
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  15. 2015-03-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-04-06
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    WILSON, Lucy Elizabeth appointed
    director
  17. 2014-04-06
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    WILSON, Joanna resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-01-21
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    WILSON, Andrew Brodie resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-01-21
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    WILSON, Joanna appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-04-21
    ➕
    WILSON, Andrew Brodie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-04-21
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    WILSON, Andrew William resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-06-24
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    WILSON, Andrew William appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-06-24
    ➖
    WILSON, Diana resigned
    secretary
  24. 2002-06-24
    ➖
    WILSON, Diana resigned
    director
  25. 1990-11-02
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    WILSON, Andrew William appointed
    director
  26. 1990-11-02
    ➕
    WILSON, Diana appointed
    secretary
  27. 1990-11-02
    ➕
    WILSON, Diana appointed
    director
  28. 1990-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As FORCEACE LIMITED

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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew William Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Ms Lucy Elizabeth Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1990-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Morven
Brightmony
Auldearn
Nairn;
IV12 5HZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

WILSON, Andrew William→
director · ~72y · appointed 1990-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Lucy Elizabeth→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Andrew Brodie→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-21 · resigned 2009-01-21
Resigned
WILSON, Andrew William→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-24 · resigned 2008-04-21
Resigned
WILSON, Diana→
secretary · appointed 1990-11-02 · resigned 2002-06-24
Resigned
WILSON, Joanna→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-21 · resigned 2014-04-06
Resigned
WILSON, Diana→
director · ~68y · appointed 1990-11-02 · resigned 2002-06-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (96 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-17