ACORN BUILDING CONTRACTORS (SHROPSHIRE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06463780 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-04
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Asset base steady — strong defensive profile, no urgency cue.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-16
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  3. 2023-10-19
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  4. 2022-10-11
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  5. 2022-01-04
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  6. 2022-01-04
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  7. 2022-01-04
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  8. 2022-01-04
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  9. 2021-09-21
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  10. 2021-04-28
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  11. 2020-04-16
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  12. 2019-11-15
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  13. 2019-11-15
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  14. 2019-11-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-05-24
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  16. 2018-08-10
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  17. 2008-01-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN BUILDING CONTRACTORS (SHROPSHIRE) LIMITED
  18. 2008-01-04
    ➕
    JONES, Helen Christine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-01-04
    ➕
    JONES, Helen Christine appointed
    director
  20. 2008-01-04
    ➕
    JONES, Mark Anthony William appointed
    director
  21. 2008-01-04
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    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-01-04
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    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-01-04
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    RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-01-04
    ➖
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +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 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Anthony William Jones
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Helen Christine Jones
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Countrywide House, Knights Way
Battlefield Enterprise Park
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 3AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-16
Last: 2026-01-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JONES, Helen Christine→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Helen Christine→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Mark Anthony William→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-04 · resigned 2008-01-04
Resigned
RM NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-04 · resigned 2008-01-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
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accounts · AA
2025-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28