ACORN STAIRLIFTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03220389 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-04

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 3 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

77 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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

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

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 (31 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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2023-04-20
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2022-04-11
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2021-03-23
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2020-03-25
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2019-04-24
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2018-03-22
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2017-05-26
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2016-11-17
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BELMONT, David Gresford resigned
secretary
2016-11-17
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officers · TM02
2016-04-04
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accounts · AA
2015-07-16
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2015-03-23
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2014-07-09
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2010-07-09
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PUTNAM, Edward George resigned
director
2010-01-05
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PUTNAM, Edward George appointed
director
2009-09-08
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KENNEDY, Joanne Helen resigned
director
2009-05-01
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BELMONT, David Gresford appointed
secretary
2009-05-01
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GARVEY, Zofia Stefania resigned
secretary
2007-07-04
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GARVEY, Zofia Stefania appointed
secretary
2007-07-04
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KENNEDY, Joanne Helen resigned
secretary
2007-07-04
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KENNEDY, Joanne Helen appointed
director
1996-07-04
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Company incorporated
As ACORN STAIRLIFTS LIMITED
1996-07-04
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JAKES, John Stewart appointed
director
1996-07-04
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KENNEDY, Joanne Helen appointed
secretary
1996-07-04
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-07-04
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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1996-07-04
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-07-04
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Jakes Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/05/2016

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

Incorporated1996-07-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Telecom House Millennium

Business Park Station Road

Steeton Bradford

West Yorkshire

BD20 6RB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-18

Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

JAKES, John Stewart→

director · ~70y · appointed 1996-07-04

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Active

BELMONT, David Gresford→

secretary · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2016-11-17

Resigned

GARVEY, Zofia Stefania→

secretary · appointed 2007-07-04 · resigned 2009-05-01

Resigned

KENNEDY, Joanne Helen→

secretary · appointed 1996-07-04 · resigned 2007-07-04

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-04 · resigned 1996-07-04

Resigned

KENNEDY, Joanne Helen→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-07-04 · resigned 2009-09-08

Resigned

PUTNAM, Edward George→

director · ~57y · appointed 2010-01-05 · resigned 2010-07-09

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-07-04 · resigned 1996-07-04

Resigned

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