ACORN GAS APPLIANCE SPARES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03917136 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-01
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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 accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-10
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-01
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-05
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-18
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-08-18
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-02-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2000-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN GAS APPLIANCE SPARES LIMITED
  17. 2000-02-01
    ➕
    ILLINGWORTH, Donna Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-02-01
    ➕
    ILLINGWORTH, Donna Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2000-02-01
    ➕
    ILLINGWORTH, Kevin Russell appointed
    director
  20. 2000-02-01
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-02-01
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-02-01
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-02-01
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 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

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Kevin Russell Illingworth
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Donna Ann Illingworth
Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

2 Manor Court
Manor Mill Lane
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS11 8LQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ILLINGWORTH, Donna Ann→
secretary · appointed 2000-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ILLINGWORTH, Donna Ann→
director · ~56y · appointed 2000-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ILLINGWORTH, Kevin Russell→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2000-02-01
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2000-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10