ACORN PLASTECH (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05627285 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-17

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 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£508.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.3y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

64 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £508,426

Cash YoY

+6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£333k

↑ 5.6% YoY

Net Worth

£508k

↑ 18% YoY

Current Assets

£463k

↑ 6.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£634.0k	£576.6k
Current assets	£463.1k	£436.6k
Cash	£332.8k	£315.1k
Debtors	£69.5k	£66.7k
Net assets	£508.4k	£432.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 signals 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 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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accounts · AA
2025-06-10
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accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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EDMONDSON, Tracy Louise appointed
secretary
2025-03-27
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officers · AP03
2024-03-27
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accounts · AA
2023-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-10
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accounts · AA
2019-06-06
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mortgage · MR04
2019-06-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-11-13
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officers · CH01
2018-11-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-11-13
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-11-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-11-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-04-16
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accounts · AA
2009-10-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2006-01-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2005-11-17
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Company incorporated
As ACORN PLASTECH (UK) LIMITED
2005-11-17
➕
TOMKINSON, Gemma Kate appointed
secretary
2005-11-17
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EDMONDSON, Mark Ian appointed
director
2005-11-17
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TOMKINSON, Julian appointed
director
2005-11-17
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-17
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-17
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-11-17
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+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 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Ian Edmondson Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Julian Tomkinson Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-11-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Chargrove House Shurdington Road

Shurdington

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL51 4GA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

EDMONDSON, Tracy Louise→

secretary · appointed 2025-03-27

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Active

TOMKINSON, Gemma Kate→

secretary · appointed 2005-11-17

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Active

EDMONDSON, Mark Ian→

director · ~61y · appointed 2005-11-17

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Active

TOMKINSON, Julian→

director · ~52y · appointed 2005-11-17

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-17 · resigned 2005-11-17

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-17 · resigned 2005-11-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	12/10/2009	—
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited	All assets debenture	1 property	13/01/2006	06/06/2019

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-10

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2025-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-03-25

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-06-05

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-11-19