ACORN MILL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04966183 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-11-17
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (3 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
£44k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£10k£20k£29k£39k£49kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Current assets£44.0k£49.0k

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

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Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-18
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  2. 2024-07-16
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  3. 2023-07-27
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  4. 2023-01-13
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  5. 2023-01-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2022-06-21
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  7. 2021-07-30
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  8. 2020-07-20
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  9. 2019-07-26
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  10. 2018-12-13
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  11. 2018-12-13
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  12. 2018-12-01
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    MEREDITH, Gavin appointed
    director
  13. 2018-12-01
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    TAYLOR, Andrew James resigned
    director
  14. 2018-07-27
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  15. 2017-07-28
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  16. 2016-07-26
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  17. 2015-12-09
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  18. 2015-07-23
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  19. 2014-12-01
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    POWELL, Hazel May appointed
    director
  20. 2014-12-01
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    BROOK, Mark resigned
    director
  21. 2013-12-01
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    POWER, John resigned
    director
  22. 2013-12-01
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    QUINE, Philip Frederick resigned
    director
  23. 2013-12-01
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    RADCLIFFE, Susan resigned
    director
  24. 2013-11-20
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    BROOK, Mark appointed
    director
  25. 2013-11-20
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    TAYLOR, Andrew James appointed
    director
  26. 2012-12-01
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    POWER, John appointed
    director
  27. 2012-12-01
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    RADCLIFFE, Susan appointed
    director
  28. 2012-11-08
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    ASHTON, Stephen Peter resigned
    director
  29. 2012-11-08
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    HIGGINSON, Jack resigned
    director
  30. 2011-12-01
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    POWELL, Hazel May appointed
    secretary
  31. 2011-12-01
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    QUINE, Barbara Ann resigned
    secretary
  32. 2011-12-01
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    ASHTON, Stephen Peter appointed
    director
  33. 2011-12-01
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    GRIFFITHS, Robert Thomas resigned
    director
  34. 2011-12-01
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    HIGGINSON, Jack appointed
    director
  35. 2009-12-01
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    GRIFFITHS, Robert Thomas appointed
    director
  36. 2004-11-17
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    HARRISON, Jeremy Roger Ashbrook resigned
    secretary
  37. 2004-11-17
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    HARRISON, Jeremy Roger Ashbrook resigned
    director
  38. 2004-05-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  39. 2003-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN MILL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  40. 2003-11-17
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    HARRISON, Jeremy Roger Ashbrook appointed
    secretary
  41. 2003-11-17
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    QUINE, Barbara Ann appointed
    secretary
  42. 2003-11-17
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    CHARLESWORTH, Michael Norman appointed
    director
  43. 2003-11-17
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    CHARLESWORTH, Michael Norman resigned
    director
  44. 2003-11-17
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    HARRISON, Jeremy Roger Ashbrook appointed
    director
  45. 2003-11-17
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    QUINE, Philip Frederick appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

81/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Laura Elizabeth Bamber
Individual · British · DOB 02/1980 · age 46
——sig. influencesignificant influence16/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2003-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Minerva House
Owen Road
Rainhill
Merseyside
L35 0PJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (3 active · 12 resigned)

POWELL, Hazel May→
secretary · appointed 2011-12-01
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Active
MEREDITH, Gavin→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POWELL, Hazel May→
director · ~87y · appointed 2014-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Jeremy Roger Ashbrook→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-17 · resigned 2004-11-17
Resigned
QUINE, Barbara Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-17 · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
ASHTON, Stephen Peter→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-12-01 · resigned 2012-11-08
Resigned
BROOK, Mark→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-11-20 · resigned 2014-12-01
Resigned
CHARLESWORTH, Michael Norman→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-11-17 · resigned 2003-11-17
Resigned
GRIFFITHS, Robert Thomas→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-12-01 · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
HARRISON, Jeremy Roger Ashbrook→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-11-17 · resigned 2004-11-17
Resigned
HIGGINSON, Jack→
director · ~84y · appointed 2011-12-01 · resigned 2012-11-08
Resigned
POWER, John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-12-01 · resigned 2013-12-01
Resigned
QUINE, Philip Frederick→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-11-17 · resigned 2013-12-01
Resigned
RADCLIFFE, Susan→
director · ~77y · appointed 2012-12-01 · resigned 2013-12-01
Resigned
TAYLOR, Andrew James→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-11-20 · resigned 2018-12-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Legal charge1 property28/05/200413/01/2023

Recent filings (73 total)

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2025-12-03
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2025-07-18
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2024-12-12
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2024-07-16
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2023-12-05
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accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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mortgage · MR04
2023-01-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
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accounts · AA
2022-06-21
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2021-11-29
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2021-07-30
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2020-11-16
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2020-07-20
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2019-11-27
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2019-07-26