ACORNLEAF LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02776891 · ltd · incorporated 1993-01-04
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-012024-08-01

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 (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-03-20
    ➕
    COUSINS, Gary Martin appointed
    secretary
  5. 2024-03-20
    ➕
    HEPPLEWHITE, Susan Elizabeth appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-20
    ➖
    FITZSIMMONS, Paul Incledon resigned
    secretary
  7. 2024-03-20
    ➖
    FITZSIMMONS, Paul Incledon resigned
    director
  8. 2024-03-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-03-20
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2024-03-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-03-20
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2024-03-20
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-11-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-04-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-04-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-04-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-01-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-05-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-10-01
    ➕
    FITZSIMMONS, Paul Incledon appointed
    director
  22. 2013-07-29
    ➕
    COUSINS, Gary appointed
    director
  23. 2013-07-29
    ➕
    FITZSIMMONS, Paul Incledon appointed
    secretary
  24. 2013-07-29
    ➖
    WILKIN, John Charles, Dr resigned
    secretary
  25. 2013-07-29
    ➖
    GORTON, Raymond John resigned
    director
  26. 2013-07-29
    ➖
    WILKIN, John Charles, Dr resigned
    director
  27. 2005-12-31
    ➖
    GLIK, Gillian Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  28. 2005-12-31
    ➕
    WILKIN, John Charles, Dr appointed
    secretary
  29. 2005-10-07
    ➕
    GORTON, Raymond John appointed
    director
  30. 1993-02-02
    ➕
    GLIK, Gillian Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  31. 1993-02-02
    ➖
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1993-02-02
    ➖
    COHEN, Violet resigned
    nominee-director
  33. 1993-02-02
    ➕
    WILKIN, John Charles, Dr appointed
    director
  34. 1993-01-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACORNLEAF LIMITED
  35. 1993-01-04
    ➕
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1993-01-04
    ➕
    COHEN, Violet appointed
    nominee-director

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 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Tavistock Stoke Road
Bishops Cleeve
Cheltenham
GL52 8RH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last made up to: 2025-08-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

COUSINS, Gary Martin→
secretary · appointed 2024-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COUSINS, Gary→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEPPLEWHITE, Susan Elizabeth→
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FITZSIMMONS, Paul Incledon→
secretary · appointed 2013-07-29 · resigned 2024-03-20
Resigned
GLIK, Gillian Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1993-02-02 · resigned 2005-12-31
Resigned
WILKIN, John Charles, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-31 · resigned 2013-07-29
Resigned
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-01-04 · resigned 1993-02-02
Resigned
COHEN, Violet→
nominee-director · ~94y · appointed 1993-01-04 · resigned 1993-02-02
Resigned
FITZSIMMONS, Paul Incledon→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-10-01 · resigned 2024-03-20
Resigned
GORTON, Raymond John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-10-07 · resigned 2013-07-29
Resigned
WILKIN, John Charles, Dr→
director · ~86y · appointed 1993-02-02 · resigned 2013-07-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (107 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-20
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-03-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-14