ACAINN LTD

🌳Matureactive

07966345 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-27

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 Feb 2026

Net worth

£157.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 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

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £157,133

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,580 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£157k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£177k

↓ 8.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2026-02-28	2025-02-28
Total assets	£157.1k	£158.7k
Current assets	£177.3k	£193.3k
Net assets	£157.1k	£158.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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2025-04-14
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2024-04-23
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2023-03-31
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2022-04-14
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accounts · AA
2022-04-13
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officers · CH01
2022-04-13
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officers · CH01
2022-04-13
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officers · CH03
2022-04-13
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officers · EW02
2022-04-12
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officers · EH02
2021-06-18
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address · AD01
2021-04-07
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2020-04-19
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2019-05-16
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2018-11-26
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2017-11-27
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2012-02-27
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Company incorporated
As ACAINN LTD
2012-02-27
➕
MCGRATH, Margaret Mary appointed
secretary
2012-02-27
➕
COZENS CBE, Andrew Geoffrey appointed
director
2012-02-27
➕
MCGRATH, Margaret Mary 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 71 — 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 71 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Geoffrey Cozens Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Ms Margaret Mary Mcgrath Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2012-02-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

1 Somerset Road

Ryde

Isle Of Wight

PO33 1BU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-13

Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCGRATH, Margaret Mary→

secretary · appointed 2012-02-27

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Active

COZENS CBE, Andrew Geoffrey→

director · ~71y · appointed 2012-02-27

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Active

MCGRATH, Margaret Mary→

director · ~57y · appointed 2012-02-27

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Active

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Recent filings (35 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-04-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-04-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-04-13

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-04-13

withdrawal-of-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-from-the-public-register

officers · EW02

2022-04-13

elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register

officers · EH02

2022-04-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-31