ACORA HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05807971 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-05

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

A dormant holding company that serves as the parent or administrative head office entity for the Acora group of businesses, likely in the professional or technical services space, with no active trading operations conducted at this level.

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

11 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 13.0y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 13.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

11 charges (11/11 with lender, 11/11 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (6 active, 17 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

23 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

172 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand

2025-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-21
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-08-10
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-05
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-05
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-10-05
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-10-05
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Charge satisfied #9
2022-10-05
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Charge satisfied #7
2022-09-30
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Ldc (Managers) Limited (as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (as Defined in the Instrument))
2022-09-30
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Ares Management Limited (As Security Agent for the Beneficiaries)
2022-03-31
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-02-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-02-11
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-08
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-08
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Charge satisfied #8
2022-02-04
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Alter Domus Trustees (UK) Limited
2021-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-06-18
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-06-18
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2020-04-06
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Charge satisfied #6
2020-04-01
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited (As Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (as Defined in the Instrument))
2020-03-17
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Charge satisfied #5
2020-03-17
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Charge satisfied #4
2020-03-17
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Charge satisfied #3
2020-03-10
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Palatine Private Equity LLP (The Security Trustee)
2020-03-10
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Palatine Private Equity LLP (The Security Trustee)
2019-07-18
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2017-10-20
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2017-09-01
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-09-01
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-09-20
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FAULKNER, Paul Raymond resigned
director
2015-11-03
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2015-08-01
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KARP, James appointed
director
2013-07-31
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FAULKNER, Paul Raymond appointed
director
2013-07-31
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GANLY, Lee Andrew resigned
director
2013-06-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2013-05-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2013-04-30
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READ, Sean Peter resigned
director
2012-09-25
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ATKINS, Richard Charles appointed
director
2012-09-25
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HEMMINGS, David Lewis appointed
director
2012-02-09
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GRIEVES, Carl resigned
director
2011-08-02
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GRIEVES, Carl appointed
director
2011-04-28
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DAVIES, John Ernest resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Archer Acquisition Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Archer Acquisition Company Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ACORA HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · 05807971

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Archer Acquisition Company Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	10/03/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David Robert Rabsonceased 10/03/2020· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-05-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Acora House

Albert Drive

Burgess Hill

West Sussex

RH15 9TN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-02

Last: 2026-02-16