ACORN COMMUNICATION CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06363566 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-06
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£78.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red 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 £78,766
Net assets shrinking
Down £71,367 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£83k
Net Worth
£79k
↓ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£85k
↓ 45% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£31k£62k£93k£123k£154kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£79.2k£150.5k
Current assets£85.0k£154.3k
Cash£82.8k—
Debtors£2.2k—
Net assets£78.8k£150.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-10
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  2. 2025-05-23
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  3. 2024-03-26
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  4. 2023-03-10
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  5. 2023-03-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  6. 2022-03-08
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  7. 2021-03-11
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  8. 2020-04-03
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  9. 2019-01-18
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  10. 2018-01-23
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  11. 2016-12-21
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  12. 2015-11-26
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  13. 2015-09-23
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  14. 2014-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2013-03-30
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    REYNOLDS, Jeremy Francis, Dr. appointed
    director
  16. 2007-09-10
    ➕
    REYNOLDS, Jeremy Francis, Dr appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-09-10
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Helen Susan appointed
    director
  18. 2007-09-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN COMMUNICATION CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  19. 2007-09-06
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2007-09-06
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    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2007-09-06
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    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2007-09-06
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    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jeremy Francis Reynolds
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Helen Susan Humphreys
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-09-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities

Registered office

11 Main Road
Biddenham
Bedford
MK40 4BB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

REYNOLDS, Jeremy Francis, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUMPHREYS, Helen Susan→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-09-10
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Active
REYNOLDS, Jeremy Francis, Dr.→
director · ~63y · appointed 2013-03-30
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Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-09-06 · resigned 2007-09-06
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-09-06 · resigned 2007-09-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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2026-06-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
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accounts · AA
2025-05-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
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accounts · AA
2024-03-26
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2024-03-04
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accounts · AA
2023-03-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
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officers · CH01
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-03-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-03