ACACIA TRADING (LEEDS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06673427 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-14
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£2.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,882
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,074 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£3k
↓ 52% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 5.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£3k£5k£7k£8kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£630£2.1k
Current assets£8.0k£8.4k
Net assets£2.9k£6.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-28
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  2. 2024-10-17
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2024-10-09
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    GUISE, Rebecca Jane resigned
    director
  4. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-02
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    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2023-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-01
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    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2022-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-07
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  10. 2021-10-07
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    officers · TM02
  11. 2021-10-07
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  12. 2021-09-27
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    GUISE, Ian resigned
    secretary
  13. 2021-09-25
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    GUISE, Ian resigned
    director
  14. 2021-08-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2020-04-24
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  17. 2019-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-03
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    gazette · DISS40
  19. 2008-08-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ACACIA TRADING (LEEDS) LIMITED
  20. 2008-08-14
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    GUISE, Celia appointed
    director
  21. 2008-08-14
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    GUISE, Matthew Ian appointed
    director
  22. 2008-08-14
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    GUISE, Ian appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-08-14
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    GUISE, Ian appointed
    director
  24. 2008-08-14
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    GUISE, Rebecca Jane appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 72 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew Ian Guise
Individual · British · DOB 08/1985 · age 41
——sig. influencesignificant influence11/08/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ian Guiseceased 01/05/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2008-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

The Beacon
Lower Kirklington Road
Southwell
Nottinghamshire
NG25 0DX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GUISE, Celia→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-08-14
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Active
GUISE, Matthew Ian→
director · ~41y · appointed 2008-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUISE, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-14 · resigned 2021-09-27
Resigned
GUISE, Ian→
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-08-14 · resigned 2021-09-25
Resigned
GUISE, Rebecca Jane→
director · ~44y · appointed 2008-08-14 · resigned 2024-10-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
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accounts · AA
2025-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
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gazette · DISS40
2023-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-07