ACERVE LTD

🌳Matureactive
07192303 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-30
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    WOODROW, Jayne Louise appointed
    director
  16. 2015-12-30
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2010-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACERVE LTD
  18. 2010-03-17
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    WOODROW, Andy Paul Scott 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 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 64. 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andy Paul Scott Woodrow
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Jayne Woodrow
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Jermyn & Co, Unit 3, Hill Farm Kirby Road
Kirby Bedon
Norwich
NR14 7DU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WOODROW, Andy Paul Scott→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-03-17
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WOODROW, Jayne Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-12-30
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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-24