ACORN CARPENTRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03335552 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-18
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£392.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £392,055
Net assets shrinking
Down £175,014 YoY
Cash YoY
+15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£316k
↑ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£392k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£402k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£122k£243k£365k£486k£608kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£392.1k£567.1k
Current assets£401.6k£607.7k
Cash£316.4k£276.3k
Debtors£85.2k£331.4k
Net assets£392.1k£567.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-12-14
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  4. 2022-11-29
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  5. 2021-11-03
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  6. 2020-09-29
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  7. 2019-10-07
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  8. 2018-10-01
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  9. 2017-07-06
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  10. 2017-03-20
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2017-03-20
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2016-08-15
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-31
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  14. 2016-03-31
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-03-31
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    officers · CH01
  16. 1997-03-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN CARPENTRY LIMITED
  17. 1997-03-18
    ➕
    WOODS, Vincent Paul appointed
    secretary
  18. 1997-03-18
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Christopher appointed
    director
  19. 1997-03-18
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Fiona appointed
    director
  20. 1997-03-18
    ➕
    WOODS, Lisa appointed
    director
  21. 1997-03-18
    ➕
    WOODS, Vincent Paul appointed
    director
  22. 1997-03-18
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Fiona appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-03-18
    ➖
    BRADLEY, Fiona resigned
    secretary
  24. 1997-03-18
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-03-18
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Bradley
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Fiona Bradley
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Vincent Paul Woods
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Lisa Woods
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-03-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Camerons
9 Worton Park
Cassington
Oxfordshire
OX29 4SX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

WOODS, Vincent Paul→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADLEY, Christopher→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-03-18
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Active
BRADLEY, Fiona→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-03-18
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Active
WOODS, Lisa→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODS, Vincent Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADLEY, Fiona→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-18 · resigned 1997-03-18
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-18 · resigned 1997-03-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
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accounts · AA
2025-09-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-27