ACORN ENVIRONMENTAL PEST CONTROL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06482297 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-24

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Disinfecting and exterminating services

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 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

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	600	600

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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2024-10-25
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2024-01-05
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2023-11-20
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2023-11-20
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2023-11-20
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2023-11-20
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2022-12-21
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2022-01-18
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2021-04-09
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2020-01-24
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accounts · AA
2019-04-10
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capital · SH01
2019-04-01
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2019-04-01
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2019-03-20
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BARK, Christopher Ian appointed
director
2019-03-20
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BARK, Emma Louise appointed
director
2018-10-09
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2017-07-19
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2008-01-24
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Company incorporated
As ACORN ENVIRONMENTAL PEST CONTROL LIMITED
2008-01-24
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BARK, Rosalind Susan appointed
secretary
2008-01-24
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BARK, Ian Barry appointed
director
2008-01-24
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-01-24
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-01-24
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2008-01-24
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Barry Bark Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-01-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81291 — Disinfecting and exterminating services

Registered office

Unit 10e Sedgeletch Industrial Estate

Ash Way

Fence Houses, Houghton Le Spring

Tyne And Wear

DH4 6JW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BARK, Rosalind Susan→

secretary · appointed 2008-01-24

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Active

BARK, Christopher Ian→

director · ~35y · appointed 2019-03-20

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Active

BARK, Emma Louise→

director · ~46y · appointed 2019-03-20

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Active

BARK, Ian Barry→

director · ~77y · appointed 2008-01-24

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-01-24 · resigned 2008-01-24

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-24 · resigned 2008-01-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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2025-01-27

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accounts · AA

2024-10-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-07

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accounts · AA

2024-01-05

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

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2023-11-20

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address · AD01

2023-11-20

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officers · CH01

2023-11-20

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2023-11-20

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-30

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accounts · AA

2022-12-21

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2022-02-08

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accounts · AA

2022-01-18

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accounts · AA

2021-04-09