ACROPOLIS CAPITAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07883871 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-15
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees400400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-24
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  5. 2023-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-07-06
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-07-06
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-07-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2022-07-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-03-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-02-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-23
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2020-08-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-12-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACROPOLIS CAPITAL LIMITED
  19. 2011-12-15
    ➕
    LAPWOOD, Carol, Ms. appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-12-15
    ➕
    CHARTOUNI, Cameron, Mr. appointed
    director
  21. 2011-12-15
    ➕
    VAGHADIA, Vinod Pragji Gordhan 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 14 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cameron Oliver Chartouni
Individual · Austrian · DOB 02/1973 · age 53
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest01/07/2022
Mr Vinod Pragji Gordhan Vaghadia
Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest01/07/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Nighthawk Investment Holdings Limitedceased 01/07/2022· 75-100% shares
  • Zenoxa Limitedceased 05/04/2017· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2011-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Hampstead Gate
1a Frognal
London
NW3 6AL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LAPWOOD, Carol, Ms.→
secretary · appointed 2011-12-15
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Active
CHARTOUNI, Cameron, Mr.→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-12-15
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Active
VAGHADIA, Vinod Pragji Gordhan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-12-15
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Active

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Recent filings (43 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-05