ACUITY UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05850346 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-19
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees600600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-09-07
    ➕
    HIGGINS, Diane Frances appointed
    director
  9. 2021-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-06-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ACUITY UK LIMITED
  17. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    HIGGINS, Diane Frances appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    MEKIE, Benjamin James Cameron appointed
    director
  19. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    SUBSCRIBER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-06-19
    ➖
    SUBSCRIBER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    SUBSCRIBER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2006-06-19
    ➖
    SUBSCRIBER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

68/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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 Benjamin James Cameron Mekie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57
50–75%
—50-75% shares19/06/2017
Ms Diane Frances Higgins
Individual · Canadian · DOB 09/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

34 Anyards Road
Cobham
KT11 2LA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-05
Last: 2026-05-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HIGGINS, Diane Frances→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIGGINS, Diane Frances→
director · ~52y · appointed 2021-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MEKIE, Benjamin James Cameron→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUBSCRIBER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2006-06-19
Resigned
SUBSCRIBER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2006-06-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-23