ACW HUI ORTHOPAEDICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06908047 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-18
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£388.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hospital activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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 £388,850

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£389k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£419k
↓ 4.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£87k£175k£262k£350k£437kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£393.0k£387.1k
Current assets£419.1k£437.5k
Net assets£388.9k£383.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-17
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  3. 2025-06-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-06-04
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-06-04
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  6. 2024-07-10
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  7. 2024-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2023-03-27
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  9. 2022-05-04
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  10. 2021-06-09
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  11. 2021-06-09
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  12. 2021-06-09
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-05-28
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    address · AD01
  14. 2021-04-27
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  15. 2020-04-17
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  16. 2019-04-30
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  17. 2018-03-12
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  18. 2009-05-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ACW HUI ORTHOPAEDICS LIMITED
  19. 2009-05-18
    ➕
    HUI, Anne Therese appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-05-18
    ➕
    HUI, Anne Therese appointed
    director
  21. 2009-05-18
    ➕
    HUI, Anthony Chi Wing appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Chi Wing Hui
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Anthony Chi Wing Huiceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2009-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86101 — Hospital activities

Registered office

Still Point Cross Lane
Ingleby Arncliffe
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL6 3ND
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HUI, Anne Therese→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-18
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HUI, Anne Therese→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-05-18
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Active
HUI, Anthony Chi Wing→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-05-18
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Active

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Recent filings (59 total)

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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-09