ACORN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05442793 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-04

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£385.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.7y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £385,834

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£338k

Net Worth

£386k

Current Assets

£860k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30
Total assets	£439.0k
Current assets	£860.2k
Cash	£338.3k
Debtors	£522.0k
Net assets	£385.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-05-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-05-30
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-21
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MOLNAR, Judit appointed
secretary
2025-05-21
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DAVIES, Philip resigned
secretary
2025-04-07
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-04-07
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capital · SH08
2025-04-07
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capital · SH10
2025-04-07
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-02
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-02
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-04-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-31
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FARRELL, Derrick Michael appointed
director
2025-03-31
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BURROWS, Andrew Vernon resigned
secretary
2025-03-31
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DAVIES, Philip appointed
secretary
2025-03-03
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-03-03
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-08-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2006-09-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2005-05-04
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Company incorporated
As ACORN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH LIMITED
2005-05-04
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BULMAN, Hayley appointed
director
2005-05-04
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BURROWS, Andrew Vernon appointed
director
2005-05-04
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BURROWS, Isabel appointed
director
2005-05-04
➕
BURROWS, Andrew Vernon appointed
secretary
2005-05-04
➕
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-04
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-04
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-05-04
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Spire Occupational Health Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Spire Occupational Health Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ACORN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH LIMITED

This company · 05442793

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Spire Occupational Health Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/03/2025

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Andrew Vernon Burrowsceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares
Mrs Isabel Burrowsceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares
Mrs Hayley Bulmanceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2005-05-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

3 Dorset Rise

London

EC4Y 8EN

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-18

Last: 2026-05-04