Acme Holdings Ltd (UK 17487627) - Ownership Chain: Four Individuals at 25% Each, No Corporate Layer
Interpretation: "Acme Holdings Ltd, United Kingdom" matches exactly one live registry entry: company number 17487627, incorporated six days before this run (29 September to 5 October 2026). I chose it for its exact name, active status and UK jurisdiction. The only other "Acme Holdings" record is a dissolved company, listed under near misses.
Executive Summary
Acme Holdings Ltd is a private limited company, number 17487627, active, incorporated on 29 September 2026, with its registered office at 13 Trinity Square, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, LL30 2RB. I mapped one level. The shares are held directly by four natural persons, so there is no corporate owner and no further chain to trace. Two levels of the table are populated (the company and its holders); no gaps remain except the two non-director shareholders' identities, which the registry does not describe.
The company is days old. Its only ownership document is the incorporation filing, and that filing shows 40 ordinary shares of GBP 1, split into four classes (A to D) of 10 shares each. Each class is held by one named person. That is 25% each. The public PSC register lists only two of the four holders, and it records control through board-appointment rights, not shareholding bands. An analyst should therefore treat the filing, not the PSC page, as the source of the economic split. Everything below is a recommendation for the analyst to confirm, not a compliance determination.
Subject Identification
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Legal name | ACME HOLDINGS LTD | Companies House overview |
| Number, status | 17487627, Active | Companies House overview |
| Incorporated | 29 September 2026 | Companies House overview |
| Registered office | 13 Trinity Square, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, LL30 2RB | Companies House overview |
| Nature of business (SIC) | 86210, General medical practice activities | Companies House overview |
| Filing agent | Williams Denton Cyf, Bangor | IN01 incorporation document |
The filing history holds one item, the incorporation of 29 September 2026. No confirmation statement or accounts exist yet; the first confirmation statement is due by 12 October 2027. All data is under 18 months old.
Ownership Chain
| Level | Entity or person | Jurisdiction | Owns | Share or control | Source (filing date) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ACME HOLDINGS LTD, 17487627 | UK (Wales) | n/a | n/a | Overview, as of 5 Oct 2026 |
| 1 | Dr Nafees Fahmi Ali, director and PSC, British, born October 1985 | UK | Acme Holdings Ltd | 10 of 40 shares (Ordinary A) = 25%; PSC register shows "right to appoint or remove directors" | IN01, 29 Sep 2026; PSC page |
| 1 | Dr Sadia Salam, director and PSC, British, born December 1985 | UK | Acme Holdings Ltd | 10 of 40 shares (Ordinary B) = 25%; PSC register shows "right to appoint or remove directors" | IN01, 29 Sep 2026; PSC page |
| 1 | Noya Nafees Ali (not an officer, not on PSC register) | UK address given | Acme Holdings Ltd | 10 of 40 shares (Ordinary C) = 25% | IN01, 29 Sep 2026 |
| 1 | Naava Nafees Ali (not an officer, not on PSC register) | UK address given | Acme Holdings Ltd | 10 of 40 shares (Ordinary D) = 25% | IN01, 29 Sep 2026 |
| GAP | Identity, age and nationality of Noya and Naava Nafees Ali | n/a | n/a | Unknown: the filing gives only name and the Trinity Square address | Not shown on any register fetched |
All four classes carry equal votes, dividend rights and winding-up rights, so 25% of shares equals 25% of votes and of economic rights on the filed terms. Both PSCs' filed nature of control is the right to appoint or remove a majority of the board. The register shows 2 active PSCs and 0 active statements, and identity verification complete for both.
Beneficial Owners
- UBOs at 25%+ (directly held, no multiplication needed): Dr Nafees Fahmi Ali 10/40 = 25%; Dr Sadia Salam 10/40 = 25%; Noya Nafees Ali 10/40 = 25%; Naava Nafees Ali 10/40 = 25%. All hold directly, so effective share equals filed share. UK PSC rules apply a "more than 25%" test, which may explain why no shareholding-based PSC entry appears (my inference, not stated by the register).
- UBOs at 10%+ but under 25%: None identified.
- Control without a large stake: The two directors are the only people the register says can appoint or remove the board. Whether Noya and Naava Nafees Ali share that control is unknown.
- Inference, flagged: The two non-director holders share a surname with Dr Nafees Fahmi Ali and the same address. They may be family members, possibly minors. The register does not say this.
Screening and Red Flags
- Sanctions and adverse media (name screening only): I ran the company and four individuals through the ComplyAdvantage business search tool. The company name returned 9 potential matches, which were an unrelated US bank holding company with fraud-linked press from 2014 to 2019 and other name-only hits; none carries a UK registration number or Welsh address. "Nafees Ali" returned one weak hit (score 0.2; tags adverse media, property and fitness-probity) that does not match the full name. "Sadia Salam" returned 25 fuzzy hits, all different names (the top one, a sanctions entry, was "Nadia Salama Abed Elhakim Kosituro", a different person). Noya and Naava returned none. I treat all as non-matches, but I compared names only, not dates of birth, so confirm against dates of birth. I did not query the OFAC, OFSI, EU or UN lists directly.
- Newly formed shell-risk indicator: Incorporated 29 September 2026 with GBP 40 of capital and no trading history. Evidence: company overview.
- Unregistered shareholders: Two of four 25% holders do not appear on the PSC register. Evidence: PSC page against IN01 shareholdings.
- Not found: No nominee directors (two named doctors, two officers, no resignations), no corporate owners, no secrecy-jurisdiction entity, no circular holdings, no recent owner change (the company is six days old). I did not check how many other directorships the two directors hold.
- Adverse media on the individuals: Not established. I ran one web search and saw no relevant result, but I saved no output, so treat adverse media as unchecked and do it as a next step.
Documents to Request, Next Steps, Near Misses
Documents to request
- Certified register of members and a UBO declaration, from the company or the filing agent (Williams Denton Cyf). This closes the gap on Noya and Naava Nafees Ali.
- Photo ID and proof of address for all four holders, from the company.
- A written statement of whether the two non-director holders are minors and who exercises their rights (guardian or trustee), from the directors. A trust deed if any shares are held in trust.
Do next
- Re-run the PSC and filing-history pages after the first confirmation statement (due 12 October 2027) or any earlier PSC or share-allotment filing.
- Screen all four holders by date of birth against the official sanctions lists.
- Verify the nature of the medical business (SIC 86210) against any regulator registration the client claims.
- Ask why the PSC filing differs from the shareholdings.
Near misses (not part of this chain)
- ACME GROUP LIMITED, 03292927: formerly "Acme Holdings Limited", dissolved 8 March 2016, Coventry address.
- ACME ENERGY (IRL HOLDINGS) LTD, 07432592 and ACMEIC HOLDINGS LTD, NI701410: different names and addresses; not traced.
Coverage: Companies House pages were reachable. GLEIF was not queried successfully (my request failed), so no LEI or Level 2 parent data was checked. Open Ownership, OFAC, OFSI, EU and UN lists were not queried directly. OpenCorporates search confirmed the number and status.