ACE STRUCTURAL DRAUGHTING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC333423 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 18.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£70.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 18.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £70,769
Net assets shrinking
Down £27,004 YoY
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£79k
↓ 5.3% YoY
Net Worth
£71k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £79.1k | £83.5k |
| Net assets | £70.8k | £97.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2008-01-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-11-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ACE STRUCTURAL DRAUGHTING LIMITED
- 2007-11-05➕PITKETHLEY, Brian William appointedsecretary
- 2007-11-05➕COWAN, James Morris appointeddirector
- 2007-11-05➕NAUGHTON, Peter appointeddirector
- 2007-11-05➕PITKETHLEY, Brian William appointeddirector
- 2007-11-05➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-11-05➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-11-05➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-director
- 2007-11-05➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian William Pitkethley Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
James Morris Cowan Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Peter Naughton Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-11-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities
Registered office
Dalziel Building
7 Scott Street
Motherwell
North Lanarkshire
ML1 1PN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
PITKETHLEY, Brian William→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COWAN, James Morris→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2007-11-05
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NAUGHTON, Peter→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2007-11-05
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PITKETHLEY, Brian William→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2007-11-05
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BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-05 · resigned 2007-11-05
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2007-11-05 · resigned 2007-11-05
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 17/01/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09