ACORN COMPONENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05145949 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-04
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46439
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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 £2,456
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,711 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£2k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£15k£23k£31k£39kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£2.5k£4.2k
Current assets£22.8k£38.7k
Net assets£2.5k£4.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-19
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  2. 2024-10-30
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  3. 2023-11-13
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  4. 2022-11-20
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  5. 2022-06-07
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  6. 2022-03-10
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  7. 2021-03-30
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  8. 2020-03-31
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  9. 2019-03-30
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  10. 2018-03-31
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  11. 2017-01-09
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  12. 2016-06-10
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  13. 2016-03-24
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  14. 2015-07-03
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  15. 2015-02-14
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  16. 2014-06-11
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  17. 2004-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN COMPONENTS LIMITED
  18. 2004-06-04
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    HAWKINS, Colin James appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-06-04
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    HAWKINS, Colin James appointed
    director
  20. 2004-06-04
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    LAMBERT, Stephen John appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 84 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Stephen John Lambert
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Colin James Hawkins
Individual · British · DOB 08/1942 · age 84
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46439 — SIC 46439

Registered office

22 Great Leighs Way
Basildon
SS13 1QN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HAWKINS, Colin James→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-04
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HAWKINS, Colin James→
director · ~84y · appointed 2004-06-04
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LAMBERT, Stephen John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-06-04
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Recent filings (48 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-06