ACORN SADDLERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04741574 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 15120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-09-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2020-05-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-05-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-05-01
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2020-05-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-08-01
    ➕
    EDWARDS, James Martyn appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN SADDLERY LIMITED
  20. 2003-04-23
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Susan Anne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-04-23
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Frank William appointed
    director
  22. 2003-04-23
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Susan Anne appointed
    director
  23. 2003-04-23
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-04-23
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-04-23
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-04-23
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    INSTANT COMPANIES 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Martyn Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 03/1988 · age 38
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2019
Mr Frank William Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Susan Anne Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC15120 — SIC 15120

Registered office

330 Kingsland Road
London
E8 4DA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

EDWARDS, Susan Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, Frank William→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, James Martyn→
director · ~38y · appointed 2014-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, Susan Anne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2003-04-23
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2003-04-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-01