ACORN HEALTH CARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02838806 · ltd · incorporated 1993-07-23

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 32.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residential nursing care activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.6y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 32.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

14 officers (4 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

110 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	—	£3.24M
Current assets	—	£2.84M
Cash	—	£58.9k
Debtors	—	£2.78M
Net assets	—	£3.15M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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2025-04-24
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2024-04-18
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accounts · AA
2023-10-11
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2023-10-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-10-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-04-26
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accounts · AA
2022-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2019-09-13
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mortgage · MR01
2019-09-10
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address · AD01
2019-09-10
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officers · AP01
2019-09-10
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officers · TM01
2019-09-10
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Charge satisfied #3
2019-09-09
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RAVICHANDRAN, Luxshman appointed
director
2019-09-09
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RAVICHANDRAN, Radha appointed
director
2019-09-09
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RAVICHANDRAN, Thuraisamy appointed
director
2019-09-09
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SAMUEL, Sita appointed
director
2019-09-09
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BOODHOOA, Vijayraj resigned
secretary
2019-09-09
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BOODHOOA, Vijayraj resigned
director
2019-09-09
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GHUGROO, Vidianand resigned
director
2019-09-09
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MOOROOGEN, Manogaren resigned
director
2019-09-09
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UNMAR, Prabhooraj resigned
director
2019-09-09
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2019-09-09
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2019-05-06
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SIDDIQUI, Uzair Ahmad resigned
director
2017-05-29
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2016-11-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2016-11-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2010-05-03
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THOMASOO, Benjamin resigned
director
2004-07-26
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BOODHOOA, Vijayraj appointed
secretary
2004-07-26
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THOMASOO, Benjamin resigned
secretary
1993-10-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1993-10-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1993-09-02
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BOODHOOA, Vijayraj appointed
director
1993-09-02
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GHUGROO, Vidianand appointed
director
1993-09-02
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MOOROOGEN, Manogaren appointed
director
1993-09-02
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SIDDIQUI, Uzair Ahmad appointed
director
1993-07-23
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Company incorporated
As ACORN HEALTH CARE LIMITED
1993-07-23
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THOMASOO, Benjamin appointed
secretary
1993-07-23
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-07-23
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-07-23
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THOMASOO, Benjamin appointed
director
1993-07-23
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UNMAR, Prabhooraj appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 52 events

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Acorn Lodge Sovereign Care Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Acorn Lodge Sovereign Care Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ACORN HEALTH CARE LIMITED

This company · 02838806

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

Shareholders & ownership

5 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Acorn Lodge Sovereign Care Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	12/08/2023
Mr Thuraisamy Ravichandran Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/08/2023
Mr Luxshman Ravichandran Individual · British · DOB 07/1993 · age 33	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/08/2023
Mrs Sita Samuel Individual · Australian · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/08/2023
Mrs Radha Ravichandran Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/08/2023

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-07-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC87100 — Residential nursing care activities

Registered office

6 Beckenham Road

West Wickham

BR4 0QT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-26

Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (4 active · 10 resigned)

RAVICHANDRAN, Luxshman→

director · ~33y · appointed 2019-09-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RAVICHANDRAN, Radha→

director · ~61y · appointed 2019-09-09

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Active

RAVICHANDRAN, Thuraisamy→

director · ~68y · appointed 2019-09-09

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Active

SAMUEL, Sita→

director · ~60y · appointed 2019-09-09

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Active

BOODHOOA, Vijayraj→

secretary · appointed 2004-07-26 · resigned 2019-09-09

Resigned

THOMASOO, Benjamin→

secretary · appointed 1993-07-23 · resigned 2004-07-26

Resigned

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-07-23 · resigned 1993-07-23

Resigned

BOODHOOA, Vijayraj→

director · ~79y · appointed 1993-09-02 · resigned 2019-09-09

Resigned

GHUGROO, Vidianand→

director · ~78y · appointed 1993-09-02 · resigned 2019-09-09

Resigned

MOOROOGEN, Manogaren→

director · ~74y · appointed 1993-09-02 · resigned 2019-09-09

Resigned

SIDDIQUI, Uzair Ahmad→

director · ~91y · appointed 1993-09-02 · resigned 2019-05-06

Resigned

THOMASOO, Benjamin→

director · ~73y · appointed 1993-07-23 · resigned 2010-05-03

Resigned

UNMAR, Prabhooraj→

director · ~72y · appointed 1993-07-23 · resigned 2019-09-09

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-07-23 · resigned 1993-07-23

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	—	09/09/2019	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	1 property	09/09/2019	—
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	29/05/2017	10/09/2019
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	14/10/1993	15/11/2016
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	14/10/1993	15/11/2016

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Recent filings (110 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-11