ACORN HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05628604 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-18
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£211.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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 0.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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, 1 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
84 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £211,205
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£189k
Net Worth
£211k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£202k
↑ 73% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £224.7k | £209.0k |
| Current assets | £201.5k | £116.4k |
| Cash | £188.6k | — |
| Net assets | £211.2k | £160.8k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-12-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2025-11-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-12➖ROSE, John George resigneddirector
- 2021-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-23➕ROSE, John George appointeddirector
- 2016-04-20➕ROSE, Bradley John appointeddirector
- 2016-04-20➕ROSE, Marie Margaret appointeddirector
- 2016-04-20➕SCOTT, Olivia Jane appointeddirector
- 2016-04-20➕COLLINS, Claire appointedsecretary
- 2016-04-20➖COLLINS, Claire resignedsecretary
- 2016-04-06➖JESURASA, Bhavani resignedsecretary
- 2016-04-06➖JESURASA, Alexander resigneddirector
- 2016-04-06➖JESURASA, Bhavani resigneddirector
- 2005-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ACORN HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME LIMITED
- 2005-11-18➕JESURASA, Bhavani appointedsecretary
- 2005-11-18➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-11-18➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-11-18➕JESURASA, Alexander appointeddirector
- 2005-11-18➕JESURASA, Bhavani appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Olivia Jane Scott Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 28/03/2018 |
Mr Bradley John Rose Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 28/03/2018 |
Mrs Marie Margaret Rose Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest | 20/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Registered office
Summit House
Horsecroft Road
Harlow
Essex
CM19 5BN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22
Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)
ROSE, Bradley John→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2016-04-20
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ROSE, Marie Margaret→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2016-04-20
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SCOTT, Olivia Jane→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2016-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COLLINS, Claire→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2016-04-20 · resigned 2016-04-20
JESURASA, Bhavani→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2016-04-06
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2005-11-18
JESURASA, Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2016-04-06
JESURASA, Bhavani→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2016-04-06
ROSE, John George→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2019-05-23 · resigned 2022-09-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 04/12/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (84 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20