ACENTRA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07518588 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-07

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£353.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46420Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -30% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £353,223

Net assets shrinking

Down £25,570 YoY

Cash YoY

-30%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£38k

↓ 30% YoY

Net Worth

£353k

↓ 6.8% YoY

Current Assets

£576k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£353.2k	£378.8k
Current assets	£575.7k	£665.3k
Cash	£38.2k	£54.8k
Debtors	£537.5k	£503.0k
Net assets	£353.2k	£378.8k

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

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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2024-11-26
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts · AA
2022-12-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-01-10
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accounts · AA
2020-03-05
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officers · CH01
2020-03-05
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officers · CH01
2019-12-11
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accounts · AA
2018-12-17
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accounts · AA
2017-09-14
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accounts · AA
2016-12-15
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accounts · AA
2016-03-29
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-02
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accounts · AA
2015-03-03
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annual-return · AR01
2011-11-09
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KANG, Yuh Mee appointed
director
2011-11-09
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KANG, David Shinhyun resigned
director
2011-02-07
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Company incorporated
As ACENTRA LIMITED
2011-02-07
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KANG, Kyu Boem appointed
director
2011-02-07
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KANG, David Shinhyun 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kyu Boem Kang Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Yuh Mee Kang Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2011-02-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

22-26 King Street

King's Lynn

Norfolk

PE30 1HJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KANG, Kyu Boem→

director · ~74y · appointed 2011-02-07

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Active

KANG, Yuh Mee→

director · ~62y · appointed 2011-11-09

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Active

KANG, David Shinhyun→

director · ~40y · appointed 2011-02-07 · resigned 2011-11-09

Resigned

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