ACREALTON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01797909 · ltd · incorporated 1984-03-07
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 29.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.00M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 29.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 29.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
116 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,001,981
Net assets shrinking
Down £212,303 YoY
Cash YoY
+24%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4.7m
↑ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£1.0m
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£5.4m
↓ 3.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.00M | £1.21M |
| Current assets | £5.41M | £5.61M |
| Cash | £4.69M | £3.79M |
| Debtors | £724.7k | £1.82M |
| Net assets | £1.00M | £1.21M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-02-01📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2018-02-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-02-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-01-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1999-06-22➕KOSASIH, Lira Safina appointedsecretary
- 1999-06-22➖PHELPS, Lorna Jane resignedsecretary
- 1997-12-31➕KOSASIH, Lira Safina appointeddirector
- 1997-12-31➖BERRY, Mario resigneddirector
- 1996-12-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1996-02-12➕BERRY, Mario appointeddirector
- 1995-03-31➖ERCOLE, Franco resigneddirector
- 1995-03-08➕PHELPS, Lorna Jane appointedsecretary
- 1995-03-08➖SEPHTON, Valerie resignedsecretary
- 1992-12-31➕SEPHTON, Valerie appointedsecretary
- 1992-12-28➖HARRIS, Patricia Lesley resignedsecretary
- 1984-03-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ACREALTON LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Enzo Tessari Individual · Italian · DOB 08/1955 · age 71 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/07/2016 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200
Registered office
Unit 2, The Mews
6 Putney Common
London
SW15 1HL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
KOSASIH, Lira Safina→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KOSASIH, Lira Safina→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 1997-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRIS, Patricia Lesley→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1992-12-28
PHELPS, Lorna Jane→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-03-08 · resigned 1999-06-22
SEPHTON, Valerie→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-12-31 · resigned 1995-03-08
BERRY, Mario→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 1996-02-12 · resigned 1997-12-31
ERCOLE, Franco→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · resigned 1995-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Memorandum of cash deposit | 1 property | 11/12/1996 | 18/01/2018 |
Recent filings (116 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-29