ACS 21 LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC848504 · ltd · incorporated 2025-05-14
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
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
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
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 3 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-12-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-12-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-12-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-12-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-12-04
    SHARMA, Sai Krishna appointed
    director
  8. 2025-12-04
    GODARA, Amit resigned
    director
  9. 2025-12-04
    QADAR, Ghulam resigned
    director
  10. 2025-08-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2025-08-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2025-08-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2025-08-04
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2025-08-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2025-08-04
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2025-08-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2025-07-22
    GODARA, Amit appointed
    director
  18. 2025-07-22
    QADAR, Ghulam appointed
    director
  19. 2025-07-22
    SHARMA, Sai Krishna resigned
    director
  20. 2025-05-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACS 21 LIMITED
  21. 2025-05-14
    SHARMA, Sai Krishna appointed
    director
  22. 2025-05-14
    📄
    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 0.9 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

1 med · 1 low
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: GODARA, Amit resigned 2025-12-04; QADAR, Ghulam resigned 2025-12-04; SHARMA, Sai Krishna resigned 2025-07-22

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sai Krishna Sharma
Individual · Indian · DOB 09/2002 · age 24
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest04/12/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ghulam Qadarceased 04/12/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Sai Krishna Sharmaceased 22/07/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-05-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

81 North Street
Forfar
DD8 3BL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-27
Last:

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

SHARMA, Sai Krishna
director · ~24y · appointed 2025-12-04
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Active
GODARA, Amit
director · ~25y · appointed 2025-07-22 · resigned 2025-12-04
Resigned
QADAR, Ghulam
director · ~66y · appointed 2025-07-22 · resigned 2025-12-04
Resigned
SHARMA, Sai Krishna
director · ~24y · appointed 2025-05-14 · resigned 2025-07-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-05-14