ACORN INSURANCE INTERMEDIARIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03890874 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-09
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
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£299.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (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 (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £299,519

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£300k
↑ 6.8% YoY
Current Assets
£468k
↓ 3.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£97k£193k£290k£387k£483kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£299.5k£280.4k
Current assets£467.7k£483.4k
Net assets£299.5k£280.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-01-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2025-01-17
    ➖
    FENNELL, Philip Richard resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-01-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-01-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-11-30
    ➖
    ABSALOM, Paul resigned
    secretary
  18. 2004-11-30
    ➕
    FENNELL, Philip Richard appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-11-30
    ➖
    ABSALOM, Paul resigned
    director
  20. 1999-12-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACORN INSURANCE INTERMEDIARIES LIMITED
  21. 1999-12-09
    ➕
    FENNELL, Adam James appointed
    director
  22. 1999-12-09
    ➕
    ABSALOM, Paul appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-12-09
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-12-09
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-12-09
    ➕
    ABSALOM, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Absalom
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—board control25-50% shares · board control22/01/2025
Mr Adam James Fennell
Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

Jagow House
Millstrood Road
Whitstable
Kent
CT5 3PS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

FENNELL, Adam James→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABSALOM, Paul→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-09 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned
FENNELL, Philip Richard→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2025-01-17
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-09 · resigned 1999-12-09
Resigned
ABSALOM, Paul→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-12-09 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-13