ACORN JANITORIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06798370 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-22
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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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-05-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-05-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-05-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-05-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-07
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2023-05-05
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    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  12. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-01-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2009-01-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN JANITORIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
  19. 2009-01-22
    ➕
    KENTON, Angela appointed
    director
  20. 2009-01-22
    ➕
    KENTON, Gary Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Angela Kenton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Gary Anthony Kenton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 7, Vulcan House
Restmor Way
Wallington
SM6 7AH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KENTON, Angela→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-01-22
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KENTON, Gary Anthony→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-01-22
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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-06-07
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-27