ACORN BUSINESS CENTRES (MANSFIELD) LIMITED

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02415842 · ltd · incorporated 1989-08-22
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£17.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 98000Residents property management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £17,592
Net assets shrinking
Down £138 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£18k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↑ 3.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£9k£14k£18k£23kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£17.6k£17.7k
Current assets£22.8k£22.0k
Net assets£17.6k£17.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-09
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  3. 2023-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-08
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  7. 2022-02-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2022-02-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2022-02-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  10. 2021-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-10
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-19
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-18
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2005-12-31
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    GARRATT, Tim resigned
    director
  16. 2005-12-23
    ➕
    STOPFORD, Brian John appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-12-23
    ➕
    JEPHSON, Kathleen appointed
    director
  18. 2005-12-23
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Colin Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2005-12-23
    ➕
    STOPFORD, Brian John appointed
    director
  20. 2005-12-23
    ➖
    PHILLIPS, Valentine Mark resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-12-23
    ➖
    PHILLIPS, Valentine Mark resigned
    director
  22. 1997-01-01
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Valentine Mark appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-01-01
    ➖
    TURNER, Peter Henry resigned
    secretary
  24. 1994-01-05
    ➖
    ROBERTS, David resigned
    secretary
  25. 1994-01-05
    ➕
    TURNER, Peter Henry appointed
    secretary
  26. 1994-01-05
    ➕
    GARRATT, Tim appointed
    director
  27. 1994-01-05
    ➖
    GIBBS, Simon David resigned
    director
  28. 1994-01-05
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Valentine Mark appointed
    director
  29. 1993-04-26
    ➕
    ROBERTS, David appointed
    secretary
  30. 1993-04-25
    ➖
    ROONEY, James Elliot Parker resigned
    secretary
  31. 1989-08-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACORN BUSINESS CENTRES (MANSFIELD) LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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.)

Group structure

Interschool Travel Limited Directors Pension Scheme holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Interschool Travel Limited Directors Pension Scheme
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ACORN BUSINESS CENTRES (MANSFIELD) LIMITED
This company · 02415842

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Interschool Travel Limited Directors Pension Scheme
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/02/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Interschool Travel Limited Directors Pension Schemeceased 07/02/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1989-08-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

51 High Street
Swinderby
Lincoln
LN6 9LU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

STOPFORD, Brian John→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JEPHSON, Kathleen→
director · ~88y · appointed 2005-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINTOSH, Colin Paul→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STOPFORD, Brian John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, Valentine Mark→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 2005-12-23
Resigned
ROBERTS, David→
secretary · appointed 1993-04-26 · resigned 1994-01-05
Resigned
ROONEY, James Elliot Parker→
secretary · resigned 1993-04-25
Resigned
TURNER, Peter Henry→
secretary · appointed 1994-01-05 · resigned 1997-01-01
Resigned
GARRATT, Tim→
director · ~64y · appointed 1994-01-05 · resigned 2005-12-31
Resigned
GIBBS, Simon David→
director · ~69y · resigned 1994-01-05
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Valentine Mark→
director · ~79y · appointed 1994-01-05 · resigned 2005-12-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (114 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-02-07
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23