ACORN HOUSE (KESWICK) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07310576 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-09
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 12.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£30.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 12.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £29,975
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£50k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Net Worth
£30k
↑ 110% YoY
Current Assets
£50k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £31.3k | £14.6k |
| Current assets | £50.5k | £49.1k |
| Cash | £50.5k | £49.1k |
| Net assets | £30.0k | £14.2k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-11📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-11-11📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-11-10📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-11-10📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-05-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-04-28➖EDWARDS, Graham Christopher resigneddirector
- 2022-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2013-12-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2010-10-20➖BELFORD FCA, John resignedsecretary
- 2010-07-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ACORN HOUSE (KESWICK) LIMITED
- 2010-07-09➕EDWARDS, Christopher Graham appointeddirector
- 2010-07-09➕EDWARDS, Janet Patricia appointeddirector
- 2010-07-09➕BELFORD FCA, John appointedsecretary
- 2010-07-09➕EDWARDS, Graham Christopher appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Janet Patricia Edwards Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Christopher Graham Edwards Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Graham Christopher Edwardsceased 28/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
14a Main Street
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 9LQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
EDWARDS, Christopher Graham→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2010-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EDWARDS, Janet Patricia→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2010-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BELFORD FCA, John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-07-09 · resigned 2010-10-20
EDWARDS, Graham Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 2010-07-09 · resigned 2023-04-28
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/12/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (43 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-11
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-11-10
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-23