ACORN LANDSCAPING (ANGLIA) LTD

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06287644 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-18
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-13
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    SIMPSON, Susan appointed
    secretary
  7. 2022-07-13
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-06-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-29
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2018-03-28
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    SIMPSON, Suzanne resigned
    secretary
  17. 2018-03-27
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    SIMPSON, Suzanne resigned
    director
  18. 2018-03-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-07-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2007-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN LANDSCAPING (ANGLIA) LTD
  22. 2007-06-20
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Christopher Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 2007-06-20
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Suzanne appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-06-20
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Suzanne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Anthony Simpson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/07/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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
Incorporated2007-06-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Rowans Brook Farm Road
Langham
Bury St. Edmunds
IP31 3EA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SIMPSON, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2022-07-13
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Active
SIMPSON, Christopher Anthony→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-06-20
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Active
SIMPSON, Suzanne→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-20 · resigned 2018-03-28
Resigned
SIMPSON, Suzanne→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-06-20 · resigned 2018-03-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-10