ACS BUSINESS GROUP LTD

🌳Matureactive
07187595 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81299Other cleaning services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 6.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-25
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2019-07-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-07-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-06-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  14. 2019-05-24
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2019-05-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  16. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-01-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2018-01-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2013-11-01
    ➕
    MONAHAN, Colum Emmanuel appointed
    director
  21. 2013-11-01
    ➕
    MONAHAN, Daniel John appointed
    director
  22. 2013-11-01
    ➕
    MONAHAN, Janet appointed
    director
  23. 2010-09-02
    ➖
    MONAHAN, Daniel resigned
    secretary
  24. 2010-09-02
    ➖
    MONAHAN, Daniel resigned
    director
  25. 2010-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ACS BUSINESS GROUP LTD
  26. 2010-03-12
    ➕
    MONAHAN, Shaun Michael appointed
    director
  27. 2010-03-12
    ➕
    MONAHAN, Daniel appointed
    secretary
  28. 2010-03-12
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  29. 2010-03-12
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director
  30. 2010-03-12
    ➕
    MONAHAN, Daniel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Mrs Janet Monahan
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/01/2017
Mr Colum Emmanuel Monahan
Individual · Irish · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Acs House
135 Hayes Lane
Kenley
CR8 5JR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MONAHAN, Colum Emmanuel→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MONAHAN, Daniel John→
director · ~43y · appointed 2013-11-01
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Active
MONAHAN, Janet→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-11-01
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Active
MONAHAN, Shaun Michael→
director · ~40y · appointed 2010-03-12
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Active
MONAHAN, Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-12 · resigned 2010-09-02
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-03-12 · resigned 2010-03-12
Resigned
MONAHAN, Daniel→
director · ~43y · appointed 2010-03-12 · resigned 2010-09-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property21/06/2019—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—21/05/2019—
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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07