ACORN JOINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03936718 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-29
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
£652
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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
71 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 £652

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£652
↑ 4.0% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£18k£26k£35k£44kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£6.5k£17.2k
Current assets£32.2k£44.1k
Net assets£652£627

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-08-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-08-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2019-06-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2000-03-15
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    MINTRAM, Ann appointed
    secretary
  17. 2000-03-14
    ➕
    MINTRAM, Dean Anthony appointed
    director
  18. 2000-03-14
    ➕
    SCANLAN, Paul Patrick appointed
    director
  19. 2000-02-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN JOINERY LIMITED
  20. 2000-02-29
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-02-29
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-02-29
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-02-29
    ➖
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Dean Anthony Mintram
Individual · English · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/02/2017
Mr Paul Patrick Scanlan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/02/2017

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
Incorporated2000-02-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

The Old Bakery
Tiptoe Road
New Milton
BH25 5SJ
England

Filing status

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

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MINTRAM, Ann→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-15
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Active
MINTRAM, Dean Anthony→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-03-14
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Active
SCANLAN, Paul Patrick→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-03-14
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Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-02-29 · resigned 2000-02-29
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-02-29 · resigned 2000-02-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
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accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-18