ACACIA BUILDINGS LTD
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 800 | 800 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 4 officers
- • 5 officers
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-05-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-01➖ALLEN, Jeremy Patrick resigneddirector
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-07-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ACACIA BUILDINGS LTD
- 2010-07-30➕MILLER, Mark appointeddirector
- 2010-07-30➕MILLER, Sarah Leonie appointeddirector
- 2010-07-30➕ALLEN, Jeremy Patrick appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mark Miller Individual · British · DOB 06/1980 · age 46 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 30/07/2016 |
Mrs Sarah Leonie Miller Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 08/05/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Sarah Leonie Millerceased 05/05/2026· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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