ACR RECRUITMENT & TRAINING LTD

🌳Matureactive
09841270 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-26
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£112.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Temporary employment agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £112,590
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£127k
↑ 8.9% YoY
Net Worth
£113k
↑ 111% YoY
Current Assets
£293k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£59k£117k£176k£234k£293kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£112.6k£53.3k
Current assets£292.6k£236.0k
Cash£127.0k£116.6k
Debtors£165.6k£119.4k
Net assets£112.6k£53.3k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-11-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-10-28
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-10-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-10-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-10-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2019-10-09
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2019-09-01
    ➕
    HOLMES, Lena Shirley appointed
    director
  18. 2019-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-10-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC
  20. 2015-10-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACR RECRUITMENT & TRAINING LTD
  21. 2015-10-26
    ➕
    HOLMES, Darryl James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
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.
  • 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 Lena Shirley Holmes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/09/2019
Mr Darryl James Holmes
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78200 — Temporary employment agency activities

Registered office

Penhallow
Church Cove, The Lizard
Helston
TR12 7PQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOLMES, Darryl James→
director · ~52y · appointed 2015-10-26
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Active
HOLMES, Lena Shirley→
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-09-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Hitachi Capital (UK)
Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property11/10/2016—
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Recent filings (34 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-04