ACRES OF FUN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04700672 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-18
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
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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: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £81.0k |
| Current assets | — | £264.3k |
| Cash | — | £135.3k |
| Debtors | — | £129.0k |
| Net assets | — | £81.0k |
| Average employees | 52 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 capital
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-09📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-08📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-04-04📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-03-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2003-03-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ACRES OF FUN LIMITED
- 2003-03-18➕WALTERS, Nicola Jane appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-18➕WALTERS, Jeremy Rex, Dr appointeddirector
- 2003-03-18➕WALTERS, Nicola Jane appointeddirector
- 2003-03-18➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-18➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-18➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-03-18➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Jeremy Rex Walters Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 23/10/2024 |
Mrs Nicola Jane Walters Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-03-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education
Registered office
Acres Of Fun Priors Court Road
Hermitage
Thatcham
Berkshire
RG18 9SG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WALTERS, Nicola Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALTERS, Jeremy Rex, Dr→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2003-03-18
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WALTERS, Nicola Jane→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2003-03-18
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2003-03-18
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2003-03-18
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Recent filings (70 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-05-08
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-30