ACORN BUSINESS PARK (COSHAM) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02853763 · ltd · incorporated 1993-09-15

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£7.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,068

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£7k

↑ 1.9% YoY

Current Assets

£20k

↑ 38% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£7.1k	£6.9k
Current assets	£19.9k	£14.4k
Net assets	£7.1k	£6.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-03-13
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2025-09-08
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2024-09-20
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2023-07-03
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2022-08-22
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2021-09-29
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accounts · AA
2020-10-15
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accounts · AA
2020-02-21
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MCANDREW, William Ian Charles appointed
director
2020-02-21
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officers · AP01
2019-10-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2019-09-18
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accounts · AA
2018-09-24
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accounts · AA
2018-03-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2017-12-21
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officers · TM01
2017-09-28
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2017-07-26
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address · AD01
2016-09-22
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accounts · AA
2009-10-01
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HAKES, Kevin Richard resigned
director
2003-06-16
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WILLIAMS, Nigel Charles appointed
secretary
2001-11-01
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MORTON, Albert Ronald resigned
secretary
1998-04-08
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BELCHER, Peter Alan resigned
director
1998-04-08
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HAKES, Kevin Richard appointed
director
1996-09-23
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BELCHER, Peter Alan appointed
director
1996-09-23
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MORTON, Albert Ronald resigned
director
1994-04-29
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BARBOUR, Charles Ross Fraser appointed
director
1994-04-29
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HARVEY, Amanda Clare resigned
secretary
1994-04-29
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MORTON, Albert Ronald appointed
secretary
1994-04-29
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SAMUEL-CAMPS, Matthew Heath resigned
secretary
1994-04-29
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SAMUEL-CAMPS, Matthew Heath resigned
secretary
1994-04-29
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LEAR, Jeremy Robin resigned
director
1994-04-29
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MORTON, Albert Ronald appointed
director
1994-04-29
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SAMUEL-CAMPS, Matthew Heath resigned
director
1993-11-18
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SAMUEL-CAMPS, Matthew Heath appointed
secretary
1993-11-18
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DOWNEY, Jonathan David James resigned
director
1993-11-18
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HARVEY, Amanda Clare resigned
director
1993-11-18
➕
LEAR, Jeremy Robin appointed
director
1993-11-18
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SAMUEL-CAMPS, Matthew Heath appointed
director
1993-10-13
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HARVEY, Amanda Clare appointed
secretary
1993-10-13
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-10-13
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DOWNEY, Jonathan David James appointed
director
1993-10-13
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HARVEY, Amanda Clare appointed
director
1993-10-13
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1993-09-15
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Company incorporated
As ACORN BUSINESS PARK (COSHAM) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
1993-09-15
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-09-15
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The 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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 72 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 32 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.)

Group structure

Cross Stone Estates Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Cross Stone Estates Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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ACORN BUSINESS PARK (COSHAM) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 02853763

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cross Stone Estates Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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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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

Incorporated1993-09-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC77400 — Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works

Registered office

10 Acorn Business Park Northarbour Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

Hants

PO6 3TH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-13

Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Nigel Charles→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-16

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Active

BARBOUR, Charles Ross Fraser→

director · ~66y · appointed 1994-04-29

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Active

MCANDREW, William Ian Charles→

director · ~72y · appointed 2020-02-21

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Active

HARVEY, Amanda Clare→

secretary · appointed 1993-10-13 · resigned 1994-04-29

Resigned

MORTON, Albert Ronald→

secretary · appointed 1994-04-29 · resigned 2001-11-01

Resigned

SAMUEL-CAMPS, Matthew Heath→

secretary · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1994-04-29

Resigned

SAMUEL-CAMPS, Matthew Heath→

secretary · resigned 1994-04-29

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-09-15 · resigned 1993-10-13

Resigned

BELCHER, Peter Alan→

director · ~82y · appointed 1996-09-23 · resigned 1998-04-08

Resigned

DOWNEY, Jonathan David James→

director · ~61y · appointed 1993-10-13 · resigned 1993-11-18

Resigned

HAKES, Kevin Richard→

director · ~62y · appointed 1998-04-08 · resigned 2009-10-01

Resigned

HARVEY, Amanda Clare→

director · ~57y · appointed 1993-10-13 · resigned 1993-11-18

Resigned

LEAR, Jeremy Robin→

director · ~81y · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1994-04-29

Resigned

MORTON, Albert Ronald→

director · ~98y · appointed 1994-04-29 · resigned 1996-09-23

Resigned

SAMUEL-CAMPS, Matthew Heath→

director · ~59y · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1994-04-29

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-09-15 · resigned 1993-10-13

Resigned

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