ACSMID (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC177791 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-07
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£41.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 71). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 24.2y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £41,837
Net assets shrinking
Down £23,085 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£42k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↑ 68% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £43.0k | £64.9k |
| Current assets | £43.7k | £26.1k |
| Net assets | £41.8k | £64.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-10-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-10-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-09🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2015-11-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2002-10-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2002-02-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1998-09-30➕ROY, Susan Alison appointedsecretary
- 1998-09-30➖MILLER BECKETT & JACKSON resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1997-08-20➕ROY, Robert Campbell appointeddirector
- 1997-08-20➖LEDINGHAM CHALMERS resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-08-20➕MILLER BECKETT & JACKSON appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1997-08-20➖DURANO LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1997-08-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ACSMID (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
- 1997-08-07➕LEDINGHAM CHALMERS appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-08-07➕DURANO LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Robert Campbell Roy Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71 | 50–75% | — | sig. influence50-75% shares · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Susan Alison Roy Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-08-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
Kainga
Cranloch
Elgin
IV30 8QX
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
ROY, Robert Campbell→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 1997-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEDINGHAM CHALMERS→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-08-07 · resigned 1997-08-20
MILLER BECKETT & JACKSON→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1997-08-20 · resigned 1998-09-30
DURANO LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-08-07 · resigned 1997-08-20
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 16/10/2002 | 09/11/2015 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 21/02/2002 | 04/11/2015 |
Recent filings (80 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-10-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-07