AC&H 243 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC340022 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-22

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£274.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £274,513

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£275k

↑ 9.6% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↑ 2.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£274.5k	£250.5k
Current assets	£3.4k	£3.3k
Net assets	£274.5k	£250.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 capital
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 capital
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-10
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capital · SH01
2026-02-23
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officers · AP01
2026-02-10
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LISTER, Clara Kathleen Ann appointed
director
2025-04-13
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accounts · AA
2024-05-20
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accounts · AA
2023-05-22
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accounts · AA
2022-11-10
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2021-12-16
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accounts · AA
2020-06-24
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accounts · AA
2019-10-31
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accounts · AA
2018-10-16
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accounts · AA
2017-10-20
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accounts · AA
2016-11-20
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accounts · AA
2016-04-11
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annual-return · AR01
2016-04-11
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officers · CH01
2016-04-11
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officers · CH01
2008-03-31
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LISTER, Elizabeth Lynne appointed
secretary
2008-03-31
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LISTER, Elizabeth Lynne appointed
director
2008-03-31
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LISTER, Stephen Richard appointed
director
2008-03-31
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1924 NOMINEES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-03-31
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1924 DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2008-03-22
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Company incorporated
As AC&H 243 LIMITED
2008-03-22
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1924 NOMINEES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-03-22
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1924 DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LISTER, Clara Kathleen Ann (same surname) appointed 2026-02-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Elizabeth Lynne Lister Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-03-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

10 Inverleith Avenue South

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH3 5QA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

LISTER, Elizabeth Lynne→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-31

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Active

LISTER, Clara Kathleen Ann→

director · ~23y · appointed 2026-02-10

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Active

LISTER, Elizabeth Lynne→

director · ~63y · appointed 2008-03-31

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Active

LISTER, Stephen Richard→

director · ~65y · appointed 2008-03-31

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Active

1924 NOMINEES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-22 · resigned 2008-03-31

Resigned

1924 DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-22 · resigned 2008-03-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-10

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2026-03-10

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-02-23