A&C SMART SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15599891 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-28
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43210Electrical installation
  • 43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 4 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-262025-03-31
Total assets£0£0
Net assets£0£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A&C SMART SERVICES LTD
  4. 2024-03-28
    ALDRIGHETTI, Renato appointed
    director
  5. 2024-03-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
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.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Renato Aldrighetti
Individual · Italian · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/03/2024

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
Incorporated2024-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

1 Vicarage Road
Watford
WD18 0DE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-26
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ALDRIGHETTI, Renato
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-03-28
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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-28