ACORN ELECTRICAL WHOLESALE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06473375 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-15

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46439

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	300	300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-04-23
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2024-07-30
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2023-05-16
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2022-05-17
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2021-05-17
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2020-09-16
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2020-09-04
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2020-09-04
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2020-04-16
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officers · AP01
2020-04-06
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WARRENER, Paula Elizabeth appointed
director
2020-02-17
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officers · TM01
2020-02-04
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CROMPTON, Linda Joyce resigned
director
2019-07-01
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accounts · AA
2018-11-05
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2018-11-02
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2018-10-22
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2018-10-22
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2018-05-01
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2008-01-15
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Company incorporated
As ACORN ELECTRICAL WHOLESALE LIMITED
2008-01-15
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WARRENER, Paula Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2008-01-15
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ROGERS, Maurice Frank appointed
director
2008-01-15
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CROMPTON, Linda Joyce appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Paula Elizabeth Warrener Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	—	75–100%	board control75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Maurice Frank Rogers Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Linda Joyce Cromptonceased 24/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2008-01-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46439 — SIC 46439

Registered office

93 Aldwick Road

Bognor Regis

West Sussex

PO21 2NW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-29

Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

WARRENER, Paula Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2008-01-15

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Active

ROGERS, Maurice Frank→

director · ~70y · appointed 2008-01-15

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Active

WARRENER, Paula Elizabeth→

director · ~63y · appointed 2020-04-06

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Active

CROMPTON, Linda Joyce→

director · ~69y · appointed 2008-01-15 · resigned 2020-02-04

Resigned

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