ACORN LIFESTYLE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03467773 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-18

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

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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

75 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

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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

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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2024-11-25
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2023-11-30
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2022-11-28
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2021-11-24
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2021-02-22
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2019-12-02
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2018-12-12
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2017-12-11
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2016-11-30
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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
2015-12-02
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2015-12-02
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2014-12-23
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2014-11-18
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annual-return · AR01
2010-07-09
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PUTNAM, Edward George resigned
director
2010-01-18
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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
2007-02-13
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GARVEY, Zofia Stefania appointed
secretary
2007-02-13
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KENNEDY, Joanne Helen resigned
secretary
2007-01-12
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KENNEDY, Joanne Helen appointed
director
1997-11-18
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Company incorporated
As ACORN LIFESTYLE LIMITED
1997-11-18
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JAKES, John Stewart appointed
director
1997-11-18
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KENNEDY, Joanne Helen appointed
secretary
1997-11-18
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-11-18
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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1997-11-18
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-11-18
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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 28 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 Stewart Jakes Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-11-18

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: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-09

Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

JAKES, John Stewart→

director · ~70y · appointed 1997-11-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BELMONT, David Gresford→

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

Resigned

GARVEY, Zofia Stefania→

secretary · appointed 2007-02-13 · resigned 2009-05-01

Resigned

KENNEDY, Joanne Helen→

secretary · appointed 1997-11-18 · resigned 2007-02-13

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-18 · resigned 1997-11-18

Resigned

KENNEDY, Joanne Helen→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-01-12 · resigned 2009-09-08

Resigned

PUTNAM, Edward George→

director · ~57y · appointed 2010-01-18 · resigned 2010-07-09

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-18 · resigned 1997-11-18

Resigned

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