ACREDALE BUILDERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

01049518 · ltd · incorporated 1972-04-12

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43320Joinery installation
43390Other building completion and finishing
43910Roofing activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 48.9y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 48.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

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

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-21
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-16
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-03-17
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2004-11-30
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WOOSTER, Philip Anderson resigned
director
2003-01-01
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WOOSTER, Kathryn Mary appointed
secretary
2002-12-31
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WOOSTER, Barbara Jean resigned
secretary
1997-05-01
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WOOSTER, Anthony Charles Philip appointed
director
1995-03-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1977-06-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank LTD
1972-04-12
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Company incorporated
As ACREDALE BUILDERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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 Anthony Charles Philip Wooster Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63	50–75%	—	50-75% 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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1972-04-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

47 Salisbury Road

Larkhall

Bath

BA1 6QZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WOOSTER, Kathryn Mary→

secretary · appointed 2003-01-01

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Active

WOOSTER, Anthony Charles Philip→

director · ~63y · appointed 1997-05-01

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Active

WOOSTER, Barbara Jean→

secretary · resigned 2002-12-31

Resigned

WOOSTER, Philip Anderson→

director · ~89y · resigned 2004-11-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Fixed and floating charge	1 property	30/03/1995	—
	outstanding	Midland Bank Midland Bank LTD	Mortgage	2 properties	22/06/1977	—

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