ACRATECH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04577933 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-31
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
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£-1.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,732

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 66% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k-£157£1k£3k£5k£6kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£-1.7k£-1.0k
Current assets£5.5k£6.1k
Net assets£-1.7k£-1.0k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-30
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    BROWN, Theresa Jane resigned
    director
  4. 2025-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-07
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-11-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Theresa Jane appointed
    director
  13. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-18
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2002-10-31
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    Company incorporated
    As ACRATECH LIMITED
  19. 2002-10-31
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Sally Anne appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-10-31
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2002-10-31
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Sally Anne appointed
    director
  22. 2002-10-31
    ➕
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-10-31
    ➖
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-10-31
    ➕
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-10-31
    ➖
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 67. 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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/10/2016
Mrs Sally Anne Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/10/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

29b North Street
Burwell
Cambridge
CB25 0BA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

TAYLOR, Sally Anne→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-31
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Active
TAYLOR, Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-10-31
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Active
TAYLOR, Sally Anne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-10-31
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Active
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2002-10-31
Resigned
BROWN, Theresa Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-11-01 · resigned 2025-06-30
Resigned
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2002-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-07