ACCLAIM TRAINING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
05510296 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-15
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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: share sale to pe / searcher (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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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 £2,561
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,841 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 85% YoY
Current Assets
£998
↓ 97% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£15k£22k£29k£37kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.6k£17.4k
Current assets£998£36.5k
Net assets£2.6k£17.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-10-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-10-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-10-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-05-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-04-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-04-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-04-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-04-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2022-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-11-01
    ➕
    MORRIS, Tracy Marie appointed
    director
  20. 2007-07-16
    ➖
    PAYSTREAM SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-08-17
    ➕
    MORRIS, Simon Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 2005-07-17
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2005-07-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCLAIM TRAINING LTD.
  24. 2005-07-15
    ➕
    PAYSTREAM SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-07-15
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD 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 21 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Simon Anthony Morris
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Tracy Marie Morris
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
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
Incorporated2005-07-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78300 — Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

Registered office

11 Lowery Close
Beckermet
Cumbria
CA21 2YX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MORRIS, Simon Anthony→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS, Tracy Marie→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAYSTREAM SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-15 · resigned 2007-07-16
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-07-15 · resigned 2005-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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address · AD01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-06