ACROM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05280287 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-05
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-12-01
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    BROWN, Andrea Clare appointed
    director
  17. 2006-11-07
    ➕
    BROWN, Jennifer Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-24
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    PLAN I.T SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2005-01-24
    ➕
    BROWN, Richard John appointed
    director
  20. 2005-01-24
    ➕
    PLAN I.T SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2004-12-01
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-12-01
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ACROM LIMITED
  24. 2004-11-08
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-11-08
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard John Brown
Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51
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
Incorporated2004-11-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

171 Alma Avenue
Hornchurch
Essex
RM12 6BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BROWN, Jennifer Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Andrea Clare→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Richard John→
director · ~51y · appointed 2005-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PLAN I.T SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-01-24 · resigned 2006-10-24
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-11-08 · resigned 2004-12-01
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-11-08 · resigned 2004-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-01-31