ACUITY ESTATES LTD
🌳Matureactive
07598028 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£221.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £221,938
Cash YoY
+50%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£255k
↑ 50% YoY
Net Worth
£222k
↑ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£267k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £221.9k | £145.1k |
| Current assets | £266.7k | £191.0k |
| Cash | £254.7k | £169.4k |
| Debtors | £12.0k | £21.6k |
| Net assets | £221.9k | £145.1k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-04-30📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2020-04-30📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2020-04-30📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2019-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-26📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2019-07-10📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2019-07-10📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2019-07-09📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2019-07-09📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2011-04-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ACUITY ESTATES LTD
- 2011-04-08➕ALLAN, Duncan James appointeddirector
- 2011-04-08➕CURTIS, Robert John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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 67. 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 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Duncan James Allan Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Robert John Curtis Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67 | 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A J & E ASSOCIATES LTD→ 15106938 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit D2 Southgate
Commerce Park
Frome
BA11 2RY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ALLAN, Duncan James→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2011-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CURTIS, Robert John→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2011-04-08
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Recent filings (41 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-07-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-05-04
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-04-30