ACUTE PROJECTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07646962 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-25

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£-17.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 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

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £17,593

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£18k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£-17.6k	£-17.6k
Net assets	£-17.6k	£-17.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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accounts · AA
2025-02-13
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accounts · AA
2024-02-29
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accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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accounts · AA
2022-02-08
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accounts · AA
2021-04-08
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accounts · AA
2020-02-11
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accounts · AA
2019-09-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-09-16
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officers · CH01
2019-02-28
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accounts · AA
2018-02-16
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accounts · AA
2017-02-28
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accounts · AA
2016-06-23
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-29
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accounts · AA
2015-06-08
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annual-return · AR01
2013-04-11
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BACKHOUSE, Laura Dawn resigned
director
2012-06-01
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BACKHOUSE, Peter Dominic appointed
director
2011-05-25
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Company incorporated
As ACUTE PROJECTS LIMITED
2011-05-25
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BACKHOUSE, Laura Dawn appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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 Peter Dominic Backhouse Individual · British · DOB 08/1981 · age 45	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Laura Dawn Backhouse Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44	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

Incorporated2011-05-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

207 Knutsford Road

Grappenhall

Warrington

Cheshire

WA4 2QL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-08

Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BACKHOUSE, Peter Dominic→

director · ~45y · appointed 2012-06-01

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Active

BACKHOUSE, Laura Dawn→

director · ~44y · appointed 2011-05-25 · resigned 2013-04-11

Resigned

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