A C R ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04405710 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-27
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
🔒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 letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
8 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 24.0y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
87 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £903.1k |
| Current assets | — | £2.9k |
| Cash | — | £2.9k |
| Net assets | — | £844.4k |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-04➕PEDDIE, Wendy Marie appointeddirector
- 2024-09-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-09-12🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2024-09-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-09-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-09-02📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-08-30➖BARTRAM, Gregory John resignedsecretary
- 2024-08-30➖BARTRAM, Gregory John resigneddirector
- 2024-08-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-08-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-30📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-08-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-08-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-08-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-08-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2024-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2024-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2024-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-08🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2010-04-27🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Gregory John Bartram Peter Robert Greaves Nigel Stanton Ruff and Hornbuckle Mitchell Trustees Limited
- 2007-11-21🔒Charge registered #7Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2007-10-29➕BARTRAM, Gregory John appointedsecretary
- 2007-10-29➖JOHN HARRISON (WORKSOP) LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-06-10🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2006-06-10🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2006-05-17🔒Charge registered #6Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2006-05-17🔒Charge registered #5Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2006-05-15🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2004-10-27🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Yorkshire Bank
- 2004-10-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Yorkshire Bank
- 2002-07-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2002-05-24➖BARTRAM, Greg John resignedsecretary
- 2002-05-24➕JOHN HARRISON (WORKSOP) LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-03-27🏢Company incorporatedAs A C R ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- 2002-03-27➕GREAVES, Peter Robert appointeddirector
- 2002-03-27➕BARTRAM, Greg John appointedsecretary
- 2002-03-27➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-03-27➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-03-27➕BARTRAM, Gregory John appointeddirector
- 2002-03-27➕INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Showing most recent 50 of 51 events
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Gre Estates Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Gre Estates Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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A C R ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
This company · 04405710
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gre Estates Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/08/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Gregory John Bartramceased 30/08/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mr Peter Robert Greavesceased 30/08/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A H PROPERTIES IDEAL LTD→ 12123355 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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| A. JONES PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD→ 14043696 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| A.I.A.M INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ 16687496 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADILS PROPERTIES LIMITED→ 11359132 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
1 Union Drive
Sheffield
S11 9EQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
GREAVES, Peter Robert→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2002-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PEDDIE, Wendy Marie→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2025-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARTRAM, Greg John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-03-27 · resigned 2002-05-24
BARTRAM, Gregory John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-10-29 · resigned 2024-08-30
JOHN HARRISON (WORKSOP) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2002-05-24 · resigned 2007-10-29
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-27 · resigned 2002-03-27
BARTRAM, Gregory John→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2002-03-27 · resigned 2024-08-30
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-27 · resigned 2002-03-27
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Mortgages & charges
8
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Gregory John Bartram Peter Robert Greaves Nigel Stanton Ruff and Hornbuckle Mitchell Trustees Gregory John Bartram Peter Robert Greaves Nigel Stanton Ruff and Hornbuckle Mitchell Trustees Limited | Second legal charge | 2 properties | 27/04/2010 | 08/06/2017 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 21/11/2007 | 30/08/2024 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 17/05/2006 | 30/08/2024 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 3 properties | 17/05/2006 | 30/08/2024 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 15/05/2006 | 12/09/2024 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank | Debenture | 1 property | 27/10/2004 | 10/06/2006 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 04/10/2004 | 10/06/2006 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/07/2002 | 30/08/2024 |
Recent filings (87 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-09-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-09-03
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-09-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-08-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-08-30