ACR GOLF LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04556850 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-08

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

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£129.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

77 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £129,172

Cash YoY

-14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£112k

↓ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£129k

↑ 4.7% YoY

Current Assets

£121k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£149.8k	£153.5k
Current assets	£120.6k	£138.2k
Cash	£112.1k	£129.8k
Debtors	£4.7k	£4.9k
Net assets	£129.2k	£123.3k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-07-28
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2022-07-26
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accounts · AA
2021-07-26
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accounts · AA
2020-11-25
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2020-11-25
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2020-11-09
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2020-11-09
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2020-06-01
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accounts · AA
2019-07-18
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2018-10-11
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capital · SH01
2018-07-27
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2017-07-28
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2016-07-11
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2016-04-15
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ROGERSON, Robert Frederick appointed
director
2002-10-08
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Company incorporated
As ACR GOLF LIMITED
2002-10-08
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SWINNEY, Katherine Anne appointed
secretary
2002-10-08
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ROGERSON, Anne Christine appointed
director
2002-10-08
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-08
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2002-10-08
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2002-10-08
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Frederick Rogerson Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/04/2016
Mrs Anne Christine Rogerson Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-10-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

Victoria House

Bondgate Within

Alnwick

Northumberland

NE66 1TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SWINNEY, Katherine Anne→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-08

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Active

ROGERSON, Anne Christine→

director · ~71y · appointed 2002-10-08

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Active

ROGERSON, Robert Frederick→

director · ~74y · appointed 2016-04-15

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-08 · resigned 2002-10-08

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-08 · resigned 2002-10-08

Resigned

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