ACUMEN SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04582249 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-05
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£249.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -53% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £249,939
Net assets shrinking
Down £106,764 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 53% YoY
Cash YoY
-53%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£129k
↓ 53% YoY
Net Worth
£250k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£150k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£71k£143k£214k£285k£357kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£323.7k£427.2k
Current assets£150.2k£302.3k
Cash£128.6k£273.4k
Debtors£21.6k£27.7k
Net assets£249.9k£356.7k

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

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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-15
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  2. 2024-08-21
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  3. 2023-08-15
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  4. 2022-07-20
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2020-11-30
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  7. 2019-08-31
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  8. 2018-08-31
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  9. 2017-06-27
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  10. 2016-08-31
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  11. 2016-01-28
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  12. 2015-08-27
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  13. 2014-11-18
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  14. 2014-08-12
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  15. 2013-12-16
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  16. 2012-11-20
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    BOYD, Alexandra Jane appointed
    director
  17. 2011-04-06
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    STEELE, David appointed
    director
  18. 2011-04-04
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    STEELE, Erna Louise resigned
    director
  19. 2010-11-17
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    STEELE, Erna Louise resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-11-01
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    STEELE, Erna Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2002-11-15
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-11-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ACUMEN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  23. 2002-11-05
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    STEELE, Paul David appointed
    director
  24. 2002-11-05
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    STEELE, Erna Louise appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-11-05
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-11-05
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-11-05
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul David Steele
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

Long Meadows Main Street
Great Heck
Goole
DN14 0BQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BOYD, Alexandra Jane→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEELE, David→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-04-06
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Active
STEELE, Paul David→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEELE, Erna Louise→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-05 · resigned 2010-11-17
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-05 · resigned 2002-11-15
Resigned
STEELE, Erna Louise→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2011-04-04
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-05 · resigned 2002-11-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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2025-07-15
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2024-12-10
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2024-08-21
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2023-12-08
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2023-08-15
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2022-11-29
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2022-07-20
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2021-12-02
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2021-08-31
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2020-11-30
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2020-11-19
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2019-11-28
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2019-08-31
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