ACRA SCREED LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05582982 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-04
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23510
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 300 |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-01➕RICHARDS, Philip Graham appointeddirector
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-05-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-04-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-03-26➖OWEN, George resigneddirector
- 2021-03-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-03-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2010-10-04➕OWEN, Helen appointedsecretary
- 2010-10-04➖OWEN, Dawn resignedsecretary
- 2005-10-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ACRA SCREED LIMITED
- 2005-10-04➕OWEN, Helen appointeddirector
- 2005-10-04➕OWEN, Dawn appointedsecretary
- 2005-10-04➕ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-10-04➖ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-10-04➕OWEN, George appointeddirector
- 2005-10-04➕ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-10-04➖ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
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.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Miss Helen Owen Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 26/03/2021 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr George Owenceased 26/03/2021· 75-100% shares
- Miss Helen Owenceased 30/12/2020· 75-100% shares
- Mr George Owenceased 30/12/2020· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-10-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC23510 — SIC 23510
Registered office
Pendle View Farm
Tosside
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 4SJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
Active
RICHARDS, Philip Graham→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2024-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OWEN, Dawn→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2010-10-04
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2005-10-04
OWEN, George→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2021-03-26
ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2005-10-04
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Recent filings (61 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-05-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21