ACE STRUCTURAL DRAUGHTING LIMITED

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SC333423 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-05
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£70.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £70,769
Net assets shrinking
Down £27,004 YoY
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£79k
↓ 5.3% YoY
Net Worth
£71k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£20k£39k£59k£78k£98kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Cash£79.1k£83.5k
Net assets£70.8k£97.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-19
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  3. 2023-08-09
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-16
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    address · AD01
  5. 2022-08-16
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  6. 2022-05-09
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  7. 2022-05-09
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  8. 2022-05-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-25
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  11. 2019-07-24
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  12. 2018-08-03
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  13. 2017-06-09
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  14. 2016-08-02
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  15. 2015-11-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-01-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2007-11-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ACE STRUCTURAL DRAUGHTING LIMITED
  18. 2007-11-05
    ➕
    PITKETHLEY, Brian William appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-11-05
    ➕
    COWAN, James Morris appointed
    director
  20. 2007-11-05
    ➕
    NAUGHTON, Peter appointed
    director
  21. 2007-11-05
    ➕
    PITKETHLEY, Brian William appointed
    director
  22. 2007-11-05
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-11-05
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-11-05
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2007-11-05
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Brian William Pitkethley
Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
James Morris Cowan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Peter Naughton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
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
Incorporated2007-11-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Dalziel Building
7 Scott Street
Motherwell
North Lanarkshire
ML1 1PN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

PITKETHLEY, Brian William→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWAN, James Morris→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-11-05
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Active
NAUGHTON, Peter→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PITKETHLEY, Brian William→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-05 · resigned 2007-11-05
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-11-05 · resigned 2007-11-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property17/01/2008—
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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09