ACORN CONSTRUCTION (YORKSHIRE) LTD.
🌳Matureactive
03224036 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-12
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 90020Support activities to performing arts
- 90040Operation of arts facilities
- 93110Operation of sports facilities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 9 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (50/100).
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Refinance opportunity
14 live charges · 9 lenders · oldest 26.1y
25/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 9 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
14 charges (14/14 with lender, 14/14 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Loss-making
Loss before tax £1,923,850
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £-1.92M | £-1.06M |
| Average employees | 129 | 12100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-02-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-02-03🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2026-02-03🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-03-23🔒Charge registered #14Lender: The Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- 2020-11-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-11-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-11-26📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-11-26📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-11-26🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2020-11-26🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2020-11-25🔒Charge registered #13Lender: Reward Invoice Finance Limited
- 2020-11-25🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Reward Invoice Finance Limited
- 2020-11-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-11-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-11-24🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2020-11-24🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2020-11-03📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-03-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-03-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-03-09🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Tvc Loans Npif Gp Limited as the General Partner of Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Limited
- 2020-03-09🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Npif Tvc Debt LP
- 2019-12-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-12-18🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Tfg Capital Limited
- 2019-12-18🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Tfg Capital Limited
- 2019-12-05🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Liberty Leasing Limited
- 2015-10-06🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2015-10-06🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2015-10-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2013-10-21🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2013-10-21🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2010-07-21➕NUTTER, Rebecca appointeddirector
- 2009-03-05🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2005-05-18🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Layher Limited
- 2004-02-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2000-04-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1997-06-21➕NUTTER, Rebecca appointedsecretary
- 1997-06-21➖NUTTER, Andrew resignedsecretary
- 1997-06-21➖JENKINSON, Stephen Robert resigneddirector
- 1996-07-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ACORN CONSTRUCTION (YORKSHIRE) LTD.
- 1996-07-12➕NUTTER, Andrew appointeddirector
- 1996-07-12➕NUTTER, Andrew appointedsecretary
- 1996-07-12➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 52 events
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
1 med · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
5 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Rebecca Nutter Individual · English · DOB 09/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Andrew Nutter Individual · English · DOB 06/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Rebecca Nutterceased 01/09/2019· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Registered office
35 Moxon Way
Moor Lane Trading Estate, Sherburn In Elmet
Leeds
LS25 6ES
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
NUTTER, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 1996-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NUTTER, Rebecca→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2010-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NUTTER, Andrew→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-07-12 · resigned 1997-06-21
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-12 · resigned 1996-07-12
JENKINSON, Stephen Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 1996-07-12 · resigned 1997-06-21
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Mortgages & charges
14
Total charges
5
Outstanding
4
Active lenders
Status:Lender:14 of 14 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/03/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Reward Invoice Finance Reward Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 25/11/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Reward Invoice Finance Reward Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | 3 properties | 25/11/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Tvc Loans Npif Gp as the General Partner of Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Tvc Loans Npif Gp Limited as the General Partner of Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 09/03/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Npif Tvc Debt LP | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/03/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | Tfg Capital Tfg Capital Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/12/2019 | 26/11/2020 | |
| satisfied | Tfg Capital Tfg Capital Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/12/2019 | 26/11/2020 | |
| satisfied | Liberty Leasing Liberty Leasing Limited | A registered charge | — | 05/12/2019 | 03/02/2026 | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/10/2013 | 24/11/2020 | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/10/2013 | 24/11/2020 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 05/03/2009 | 06/10/2015 | |
| satisfied | Layher Layher Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 18/05/2005 | 03/02/2026 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 27/02/2004 | 06/10/2015 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 25/04/2000 | 06/10/2015 |
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Recent filings (101 total)
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-03-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-11-30