ACOP GROUP LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals 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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- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-04-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-06-01✏️change-of-name-noticechange-of-name · CONNOT
- 2017-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-08➕JONES, Sion Morgan appointedsecretary
- 2014-09-08➖JONES, Eleanor Margaret Joy resignedsecretary
- 2008-04-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ACOP GROUP LIMITED
- 2008-04-18➕JONES, Sion Morgan appointeddirector
- 2008-04-18➕JONES, Eleanor Margaret Joy appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Sion Morgan Jones Individual · Welsh · DOB 06/1983 · age 43 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 18/04/2017 |
Mrs Eleanor Margaret Joy Jones Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 17/04/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| ABBEY CHILDCARE LTD→ 13917202 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ABER EYES LTD→ 15867122 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ABERAVON INTEGRATED CHILDREN'S CENTRE→ 05315067 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| ACCESS TRAINING (TRADES) LTD→ 16243893 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACCESS TRAINING (WELLBEING) LTD→ 16897442 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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