ACRE LANDSCAPES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06513097 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-25

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 15.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 15.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 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

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	47	53

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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2025-08-29
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2024-05-15
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accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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address · AD01
2023-07-12
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accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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accounts · AA
2021-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-09-16
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accounts · AA
2019-10-17
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accounts · AA
2019-05-14
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officers · AP01
2019-05-14
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officers · TM01
2019-05-14
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-05-10
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MOORE, Shane appointed
director
2019-05-10
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GIBB, George Blair resigned
secretary
2019-05-10
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DUNN, Stuart resigned
director
2019-04-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-04-10
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change-of-constitution · CC04
2019-04-09
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capital · SH10
2019-04-09
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capital · SH01
2017-11-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2015-02-01
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DUNN, Stuart appointed
director
2011-06-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2008-03-31
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GIBB, George Blair appointed
secretary
2008-03-31
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GIBB, Louisa Charlotte resigned
secretary
2008-02-25
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Company incorporated
As ACRE LANDSCAPES LIMITED
2008-02-25
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BOWCOCK, Nigel Thomas appointed
director
2008-02-25
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GIBB, Louisa Charlotte appointed
secretary
2008-02-25
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-02-25
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-02-25
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2008-02-25
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

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 59. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Nigel Thomas Bowcock Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 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

Incorporated2008-02-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

4th Floor, Park Gate

161-163 Preston Road

Brighton

East Sussex

BN1 6AF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-11

Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BOWCOCK, Nigel Thomas→

director · ~59y · appointed 2008-02-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MOORE, Shane→

director · ~44y · appointed 2019-05-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GIBB, George Blair→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-31 · resigned 2019-05-10

Resigned

GIBB, Louisa Charlotte→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-25 · resigned 2008-03-31

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-25 · resigned 2008-02-25

Resigned

DUNN, Stuart→

director · ~51y · appointed 2015-02-01 · resigned 2019-05-10

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-02-25 · resigned 2008-02-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	10/06/2011	04/11/2017

Recent filings (62 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-04-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-08-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-05-15

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-07

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2021-03-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-09-16