ACRE JOINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01313420 · ltd · incorporated 1977-05-11

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43320Joinery installation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 44.0y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 44.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	1400	1200

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 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-02-09
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accounts · AA
2025-03-03
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accounts · AA
2024-02-07
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accounts · AA
2023-02-10
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accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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accounts · AA
2020-12-17
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accounts · AA
2020-03-11
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accounts · AA
2019-03-04
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accounts · AA
2018-07-10
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officers · CH01
2018-07-10
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officers · CH01
2018-07-10
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address · AD01
2018-07-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2018-06-21
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address · AD04
2018-03-22
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accounts · AA
2017-07-11
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address · AD02
2017-07-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2016-02-24
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Charge satisfied #4
2016-02-24
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Charge satisfied #3
2016-02-24
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Charge satisfied #2
2016-02-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2014-02-25
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-07-25
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GRIMMER, Kevin Antony Robert appointed
director
2013-07-25
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MAEER, David Richard appointed
director
2013-07-25
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CARVER, Barry John resigned
secretary
2013-07-25
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CARVER, Barry John resigned
director
2013-07-25
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CARVER, Pauline Anne resigned
director
2013-07-25
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EVES, Ivan resigned
director
2013-07-25
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Pauline Ann Carver
2011-07-01
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EVES, Ivan appointed
director
2011-07-01
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WAKEFIELD, Barry resigned
director
2004-10-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
1994-09-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1982-05-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1977-05-11
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Company incorporated
As ACRE JOINERY LIMITED

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Chelsea Joinery Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Chelsea Joinery Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ACRE JOINERY LIMITED

This company · 01313420

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Chelsea Joinery Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1977-05-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Anglia House 6 Central Avenue, St Andrews Business Park

Thorpe St Andrew

Norwich

Norfolk

NR7 0HR

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-10

Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

GRIMMER, Kevin Antony Robert→

director · ~59y · appointed 2013-07-25

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Active

MAEER, David Richard→

director · ~66y · appointed 2013-07-25

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Active

CARVER, Barry John→

secretary · resigned 2013-07-25

Resigned

CARVER, Barry John→

director · ~87y · resigned 2013-07-25

Resigned

CARVER, Pauline Anne→

director · ~85y · resigned 2013-07-25

Resigned

EVES, Ivan→

director · ~73y · appointed 2011-07-01 · resigned 2013-07-25

Resigned

WAKEFIELD, Barry→

director · ~81y · resigned 2011-07-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	25/02/2014	—
satisfied	Pauline Ann Carver / Barry John Carver	A registered charge	1 property	25/07/2013	24/02/2016
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	28/10/2004	24/02/2016
satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	13/09/1994	24/02/2016
satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Fixed and floating charge	1 property	19/05/1982	24/02/2016

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