ACORN GLOBAL CONSULTING LTD
🌳Matureactive
03348998 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-10
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
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 · IFRS| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £390.6k |
| Current assets | — | £387.3k |
| Net assets | — | £302.2k |
| Average employees | 200 | — |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
14
filings
- • 6 persons-with-significant-control
- • 5 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-01-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-01-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2008-01-01➕WATKINS, Fiona appointeddirector
- 1997-04-14➕WATKINS, Fiona appointedsecretary
- 1997-04-14➕WATKINS, Lyndon Mark appointeddirector
- 1997-04-14➖BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-04-14➖BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1997-04-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ACORN GLOBAL CONSULTING LTD
- 1997-04-10➕BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-04-10➕BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Lyndon Mark Watkins Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 24/03/2022 |
Mrs Fiona Watkins Individual · New Zealander · DOB 02/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
36 Church Street
Northwich
Cheshire
CW9 8NF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
WATKINS, Fiona→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2008-01-01
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WATKINS, Lyndon Mark→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1997-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 1997-04-14
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-04-10 · resigned 1997-04-14
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Recent filings (96 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28