ACORN CARE PROPERTY LTD

🌳Matureactive
09746686 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.03M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · oldest 10.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,034,788

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.0m
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
£443k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£207k£414k£621k£828k£1.0mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2.71M£2.76M
Current assets£442.9k£389.9k
Net assets£1.03M£1.01M

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-09-27
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  4. 2022-09-30
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  5. 2022-09-06
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-05-24
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    PATEL, Jaysukh Jayantilal appointed
    director
  7. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-29
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  9. 2019-09-30
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  10. 2018-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-26
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-02-27
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2018-02-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2018-02-19
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  15. 2018-02-19
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  16. 2017-05-25
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  17. 2016-07-28
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  18. 2016-07-18
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2016-06-22
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    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2016-06-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2016-04-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2015-08-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN CARE PROPERTY LTD
  23. 2015-08-25
    ➕
    GARALA, Jaymini appointed
    director
  24. 2015-08-25
    ➕
    GARALA, Madhu, Dr 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Madhu Garala
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Jaimini Garala
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2015-08-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Oval
57 New Walk
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 7EA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-07
Last: 2025-08-24

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GARALA, Jaymini→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-08-25
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Active
GARALA, Madhu, Dr→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-08-25
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Active
PATEL, Jaysukh Jayantilal→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-05-24
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property19/02/2018—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—19/02/2018—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—18/07/2016—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property15/06/2016—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—21/04/2016—
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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-19
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accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-16