ACLE BRIDGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09640121 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-15
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£1.57M
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £54,592

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£104k£208k£312k£416k£520kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Turnover£1.57M—
Operating profit£55.2k—
Profit before tax£54.6k—
Total assets—£434.7k
Current assets—£519.9k
Cash—£366.6k
Debtors—£32.9k
Net assets—£395.7k
Average employees4500—

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-02-23
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    HANNON, Vanessa Anne resigned
    director
  4. 2025-02-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-20
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-12
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-15
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-02
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    accounts · AA01
  15. 2015-08-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2015-07-17
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    HANNON, Philip Edward appointed
    director
  17. 2015-07-17
    ➕
    HANNON, Vanessa Anne appointed
    director
  18. 2015-07-17
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    HANNON, Vanessa Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2015-07-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2015-06-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ACLE BRIDGE LIMITED
  21. 2015-06-15
    ➕
    COKER, Angela appointed
    secretary
  22. 2015-06-15
    ➕
    COKER, Edward Charles 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 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Edward Charles Coker
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2015-06-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

Acle Bridge Acle Bridge
Acle
Norwich
NR13 3AT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

COKER, Angela→
secretary · appointed 2015-06-15
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Active
COKER, Edward Charles→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-06-15
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Active
HANNON, Philip Edward→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-07-17
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Active
HANNON, Vanessa Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-07-17
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Active
HANNON, Vanessa Anne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-07-17 · resigned 2025-02-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
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accounts · AA
2022-06-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
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accounts · AA
2021-06-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-11