AFRO-CARIBBEAN NATIONAL ARTISTIC CENTRE (NOTTINGHAM)LIMITED (THE)

🌳Matureactive

01009266 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1971-04-28

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

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

61 officers (8 active, 61 linked, 56 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

198 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 miscellaneous

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (119 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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2025-12-05
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2025-02-20
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2023-12-21
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2022-12-22
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2022-01-09
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2022-01-03
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NAPIER, Carlton Hugh, Mr(Bishop) resigned
director
2021-12-23
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accounts · AA
2021-03-19
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2019-12-19
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2019-08-15
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officers · AP01
2019-08-14
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officers · AP01
2018-12-18
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accounts · AA
2017-12-18
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accounts · AA
2017-11-23
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BROWN-WATT, Eulyn Valarie appointed
director
2017-11-23
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NAPIER, Carlton Hugh, Mr(Bishop) appointed
director
2017-07-20
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2017-03-22
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2017-03-11
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2016-12-12
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BYASS, Eugene Hugh resigned
director
2016-12-01
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BLACKBURN, Delroy resigned
director
2016-11-28
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GREGORY, Norma Jacqueline, Dr. resigned
director
2016-06-06
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CARMEN, Madgelin Campbell resigned
director
2016-01-01
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WALLACE, Robert resigned
director
2016-01-01
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WRIGHT, Arnold Augustus resigned
director
2015-12-01
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BROWN, Charmaine Delores appointed
director
2015-12-01
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FOSTER, Alvin Anthony appointed
director
2015-12-01
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BLACKBURN, Delroy appointed
director
2015-12-01
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BYASS, Eugene Hugh appointed
director
2015-12-01
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GREGORY, Norma Jacqueline, Dr. appointed
director
2014-11-27
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WALLACE, Bettina resigned
director
2014-02-19
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LEE-BROWN, Enid appointed
secretary
2014-02-19
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BROWN, Delroy Anthony appointed
director
2014-02-19
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LINDSAY, Monica Elaine appointed
director
2014-02-19
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BURRELL, Lloyd resigned
secretary
2014-02-19
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WALLACE, Bettina appointed
director
2014-02-19
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WALLACE, Robert appointed
director
2014-02-10
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SMITH, Cordova Trevor resigned
director
2014-01-10
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DARBY, Gwendolyn resigned
director
2012-05-10
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LEE-BROWN, Enid resigned
director
2012-03-09
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MCLEAN, Alfred Lieonel resigned
director
2011-11-27
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BURRELL, Lloyd appointed
director
2011-11-27
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BURRELL, Lloyd appointed
secretary
2011-11-27
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POWE, Oswald George resigned
secretary
2011-11-27
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JOHNSON, Una resigned
director
2011-11-27
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MCLEAN, Alfred Lieonel appointed
director
2011-11-27
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POWE, Oswald George resigned
director
2011-11-27
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POWE, Oswald George resigned
director
2011-11-27
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STAPLETON, James Theophelus resigned
director
2011-11-27
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THOMPSON, Olive Veronica resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Delroy Anthony Brown Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% 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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1971-04-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Registered office

31 Hungerhill Road

St Anns

Nottingham

NG3 4NB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-06

Last: 2025-06-22