ACROVISION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05488939 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-23
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 14.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£586.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 33200SIC 33200
- 71121Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
- 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 14.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 4 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £586,114
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£479k
Net Worth
£586k
Current Assets
£1.1m
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £586.1k | — |
| Current assets | £1.11M | — |
| Cash | £479.4k | — |
| Debtors | £556.3k | — |
| Net assets | £586.1k | — |
| Average employees | — | 1000 |
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.
See pricing →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 (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-16➖CUNNINGHAM, Paul Mark resigneddirector
- 2025-07-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-10-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-04-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-13➕SCRASE, Matthew Laurence appointeddirector
- 2021-02-08📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-02-04📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2021-02-04📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-02-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-02-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-01-27➕BANKS, Simon appointeddirector
- 2021-01-27➕LEATHER, Neil Terence appointeddirector
- 2020-11-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-11-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-10-15➖WALTERS, Gillian Mary resignedsecretary
- 2015-01-01➖CUNNINGHAM, Vivienne Jane resignedsecretary
- 2015-01-01➕WALTERS, Gillian Mary appointedsecretary
- 2011-11-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Paul Mark Cunningham
- 2005-06-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ACROVISION LIMITED
- 2005-06-23➕CUNNINGHAM, Vivienne Jane appointedsecretary
- 2005-06-23➕CUNNINGHAM, Paul Mark appointeddirector
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Acrovision Trustee Company Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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Acrovision Trustee Company Limited
Corporate parent
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ACROVISION LIMITED
This company · 05488939
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Acrovision Trustee Company Limited Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 27/01/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Paul Mark Cunninghamceased 27/01/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990
Registered office
Unit L Ver House London Road
Markyate
St.Albans
Herts
AL3 8JP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
BANKS, Simon→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2021-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEATHER, Neil Terence→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2021-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SCRASE, Matthew Laurence→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2021-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CUNNINGHAM, Vivienne Jane→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-06-23 · resigned 2015-01-01
WALTERS, Gillian Mary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2015-01-01 · resigned 2020-10-15
CUNNINGHAM, Paul Mark→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2005-06-23 · resigned 2025-07-16
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Paul Mark Cunningham | Debenture | 1 property | 01/11/2011 | 03/11/2020 |
Recent filings (78 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-10-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-07