ACTON MILL SUPPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07705797 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-14
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£147.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -82% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 1.1y

10/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
32 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
75
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £147,357
Cash draining
Cash down 82% YoY
Cash YoY
-82%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↓ 82% YoY
Net Worth
£147k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£77k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£29k£59k£88k£118k£147kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£302.2k£120.8k
Current assets£76.7k£129.3k
Cash£9.2k£52.6k
Debtors£67.4k£76.7k
Net assets£147.4k£120.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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  2. 2025-06-10
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  3. 2025-06-06
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    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-06-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  5. 2025-06-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  6. 2025-04-29
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  7. 2024-04-29
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  8. 2024-01-19
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  9. 2024-01-15
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    HOOPER, Mark William appointed
    director
  10. 2023-04-23
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  11. 2022-03-03
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  12. 2021-03-12
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  13. 2020-04-23
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  14. 2019-04-30
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  15. 2018-05-03
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  16. 2017-03-28
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  17. 2016-05-04
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  18. 2015-07-31
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2011-07-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTON MILL SUPPORT LIMITED
  20. 2011-07-14
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    HOOPER, Rosemary appointed
    director
  21. 2011-07-14
    ➕
    LANE, Philip appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rosemary Hooper
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares21/07/2016

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
Incorporated2011-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Acton Mill Farm
Suckley
Worcester
WR6 5EJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HOOPER, Mark William→
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-01-15
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Active
HOOPER, Rosemary→
director · ~70y · appointed 2011-07-14
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Active
LANE, Philip→
director · ~78y · appointed 2011-07-14
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge2 properties06/06/2025—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property05/06/2025—
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Recent filings (32 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
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mortgage · MR01
2025-06-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-07