ACME AT THRUXTON LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
17053503 · ltd · incorporated 2026-02-25
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 incorporation
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACME AT THRUXTON LIMITED
  2. 2026-02-25
    CLARKE, Andrew Paul appointed
    director
  3. 2026-02-25
    THISTLETHWAYTE, Alexander appointed
    director
  4. 2026-02-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 0.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Test Valley Investments holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Test Valley Investments
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
ACME AT THRUXTON LIMITED
This company · 17053503

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Test Valley Investments
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control25/02/2026
Mr Andrew Paul Clarke
Individual · British · DOB 01/1978 · age 48
25–50%25-50% voting25/02/2026

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
Incorporated2026-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Hangar 5a Thruxton Race Circuit
Thruxton
Andover
Hampshire
SP11 8PW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-25
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CLARKE, Andrew Paul
director · ~48y · appointed 2026-02-25
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Active
THISTLETHWAYTE, Alexander
director · ~59y · appointed 2026-02-25
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Active

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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2026-02-25