AAC MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08743819 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-22
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-621
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £621

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£621
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£621-£621-£621-£621-£621-£621Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-621£-621
Net assets£-621£-621

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-11-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-11-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2019-10-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-10-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-07-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  18. 2014-11-10
    BASEDEN, Simon George appointed
    director
  19. 2014-11-10
    ROSLING, Peter Robert John resigned
    director
  20. 2013-10-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AAC MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED
  21. 2013-10-22
    ROSLING, Peter Robert John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Aac Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Aac Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AAC MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 08743819

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aac Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/02/2019
Mr Simon George Baseden
Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/02/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ashford Air Conditioning Ltdceased 26/02/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

24 Halden Field
Rolvenden
Cranbrook
Kent
TN17 4BX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BASEDEN, Simon George
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-11-10
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Active
ROSLING, Peter Robert John
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-10-22 · resigned 2014-11-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31