ACORN TREE WORK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08888386 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-12
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02400SIC 02400
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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  2. 2024-11-19
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  3. 2023-05-07
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  4. 2022-12-19
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  5. 2021-12-27
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  6. 2020-09-24
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  7. 2019-12-26
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  8. 2018-11-29
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  9. 2017-10-02
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  10. 2017-10-01
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    CLAY, Bilge appointed
    director
  11. 2017-06-28
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  12. 2017-06-07
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  13. 2016-12-19
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  14. 2016-08-08
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  15. 2016-07-18
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  16. 2015-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN TREE WORK LIMITED
  18. 2014-02-12
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    CLAY, Richard David appointed
    director
  19. 2014-02-12
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    WARMISHAM, Barry Charles appointed
    director
  20. 2014-02-12
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    WARMISHAM, Barry Charles resigned
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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
Mr Richard David Clay
Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

2 Stratford Road
Wroxton
Banbury
Oxon
OX15 6QW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CLAY, Bilge→
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-10-01
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Active
CLAY, Richard David→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-02-12
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Active
WARMISHAM, Barry Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-02-12 · resigned 2014-02-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-25