ACRABUILD (ANGLIA) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02841502 · ltd · incorporated 1993-08-02

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 25.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.9y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

106 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30
Average employees	2400

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-05-30
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SPEED, Marc John resigned
director
2025-05-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-06-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-23
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-23
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-01
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WILSON, Thomas Nicholas resigned
director
2021-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-11-23
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2019-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-08-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-01-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-01-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-01-01
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MOORE, Andrew Philip resigned
director
2018-01-01
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WILSON, Thomas Nicholas appointed
director
2015-03-24
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SPEED, Marc John appointed
director
2010-12-22
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Charge satisfied #2
2010-04-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2008-03-07
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CLEEVE, Silvija appointed
director
2008-03-07
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RICHARDSON, Stacey Anne appointed
director
2008-03-07
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SMITH, Michelle Louise appointed
director
2000-08-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
1999-06-09
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FOSTER, Laura Jane appointed
director
1997-08-05
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FOSTER, Laura Jane appointed
secretary
1997-08-05
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CLEEVE, Silvija resigned
secretary
1997-08-05
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CLEEVE, Silvija resigned
director
1996-01-01
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MOORE, Andrew Philip appointed
director
1993-08-02
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Company incorporated
As ACRABUILD (ANGLIA) LIMITED
1993-08-02
➕
CLEEVE, John Michael appointed
director
1993-08-02
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CLEEVE, Silvija appointed
secretary
1993-08-02
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NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-08-02
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NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-08-02
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CLEEVE, Silvija appointed
director
1993-08-02
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NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1993-08-02
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NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD resigned
corporate-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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Michael Cleeve Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Silvija Cleeve Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-08-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Stirling Way

Northfields Industrial Estate

Market Deeping

Peterborough

PE6 8AS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-16

Last: 2025-08-02