ACRE FARM PARK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01458550 · ltd · incorporated 1979-11-01
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£738.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 55300
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £738,882
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£812k
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£739k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£858k
↑ 3.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£172k£343k£515k£686k£858kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£740.0k£739.1k
Current assets£858.1k£832.6k
Cash£811.8k£661.9k
Debtors£8.3k£12.8k
Net assets£738.9k£738.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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  2. 2024-05-01
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  3. 2023-05-03
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  4. 2022-07-14
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  5. 2021-10-22
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  6. 2020-10-20
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  7. 2019-07-10
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  8. 2018-07-13
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  9. 2018-01-12
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  10. 2018-01-12
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  11. 2018-01-12
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  12. 2018-01-12
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  13. 2018-01-12
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  14. 2017-03-20
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  15. 2016-08-01
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  16. 2013-04-05
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    THOMAS, Mark Anthony appointed
    director
  17. 2004-12-09
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    THOMAS, Nigel Adrian appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-12-09
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    THOMAS, Nigel Adrian appointed
    director
  19. 2004-09-05
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    THOMAS, Doris resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-09-05
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    THOMAS, Doris resigned
    director
  21. 1992-03-31
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    THOMAS, George Harry resigned
    director
  22. 1979-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ACRE FARM PARK LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Garry Michael Thomas
Individual · British · DOB 12/1935 · age 91
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

Plant Street
Wordsley
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 5SY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

THOMAS, Nigel Adrian→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Garry Michael→
director · ~91y
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Active
THOMAS, Mark Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-04-05
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Active
THOMAS, Nigel Adrian→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-12-09
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Active
THOMAS, Doris→
secretary · resigned 2004-09-05
Resigned
THOMAS, Doris→
director · ~117y · resigned 2004-09-05
Resigned
THOMAS, George Harry→
director · ~116y · resigned 1992-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
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2025-09-25
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2025-04-07
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accounts · AA
2024-05-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
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accounts · AA
2021-10-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
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accounts · AA
2020-10-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-01