ACRES WAY DOG POUND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06587738 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-08
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 13.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£318.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £318,437
Cash YoY
+21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£195k
↑ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£318k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£195k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£64k£127k£191k£255k£318kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£346.2k£317.4k
Current assets£195.3k£161.1k
Cash£195.3k£161.1k
Net assets£318.4k£265.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-02-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2018-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-12-04
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    KNIGHT, Sarah appointed
    director
  17. 2014-12-04
    ➕
    MILLSON, Tom appointed
    director
  18. 2013-01-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2008-05-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACRES WAY DOG POUND LIMITED
  20. 2008-05-08
    ➕
    NATIONWIDE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-05-08
    ➕
    CLARKSON, Susan appointed
    director
  22. 2008-05-08
    ➕
    APS SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-05-08
    ➖
    APS SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 72 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Susan Clarkson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/02/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Tom Millsonceased 05/02/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest

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
Incorporated2008-05-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

117 Dartford Road
Dartford
Kent
DA1 3EN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

NATIONWIDE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-08
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Active
CLARKSON, Susan→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-05-08
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Active
KNIGHT, Sarah→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-12-04
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Active
MILLSON, Tom→
director · ~45y · appointed 2014-12-04
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Active
APS SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-05-08 · resigned 2008-05-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/01/2013—
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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-28