ACER TREE SURGEONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06247048 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-15
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 May 2025
Net worth
£88.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed trade-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £88,267
Cash YoY
+64%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£86k
↑ 64% YoY
Net Worth
£88k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£113k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£45k£68k£90k£113kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£182.6k£171.1k
Current assets£112.6k£82.7k
Cash£85.7k£52.4k
Debtors£26.8k£30.3k
Net assets£88.3k£71.1k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-08
    📄
    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-01-07
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  3. 2026-01-05
    📄
    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  4. 2025-10-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-03-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-10-26
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-10-26
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-10-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-10-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-18
    ➕
    B20 WESSEX LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  16. 2018-12-18
    ➖
    B20 LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2018-12-18
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  18. 2018-12-18
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2018-10-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-01-02
    ➕
    DERHAM, Roy appointed
    director
  21. 2017-01-03
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Adam John appointed
    director
  22. 2007-05-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACER TREE SURGEONS LIMITED
  23. 2007-05-15
    ➕
    CRANSTON, Nicholas James appointed
    director
  24. 2007-05-15
    ➕
    GOODENOUGH, Veronica Mary appointed
    director
  25. 2007-05-15
    ➕
    B20 LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-29

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas James Cranston
Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting15/05/2017
Adam John Roberts
Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/05/2021

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
Incorporated2007-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

85 The Old Post Office
High St
Chapmanslade
Wiltshire
BA13 4AN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-29OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-15

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

B20 WESSEX LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRANSTON, Nicholas James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-05-15
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Active
DERHAM, Roy→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-01-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODENOUGH, Veronica Mary→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTS, Adam John→
director · ~38y · appointed 2017-01-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
B20 LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-05-15 · resigned 2018-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-01-08
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-01-07
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16