AKENFIELD HOMES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09116365 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-04
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-17
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  4. 2023-04-09
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-07-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-07-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AKENFIELD HOMES LIMITED
  16. 2014-07-04
    ➕
    THORNTON, James Stanley appointed
    director
  17. 2014-07-04
    ➕
    THORNTON, Susan Christine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 80 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Christine Thornton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/07/2017
Mr James Stanley Thornton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/07/2016

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
Incorporated2014-07-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

4 The Orchard
Ringshall
Stowmarket
Suffolk
IP14 2PS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-18
Last: 2026-07-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

THORNTON, James Stanley→
director · ~80y · appointed 2014-07-04
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Active
THORNTON, Susan Christine→
director · ~79y · appointed 2014-07-04
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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-10