ACORN PROPERTY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

10194822 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-23

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 4.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£10.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · oldest 4.9y

75/100

ready

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

· Charge age ~4.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,505

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£11k

Current Assets

£18k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31
Total assets	£2.09M
Current assets	£18.3k
Net assets	£10.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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2025-07-21
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2025-02-27
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address · AD01
2025-02-27
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address · AD01
2024-07-11
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accounts · AA
2023-07-26
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accounts · AA
2022-08-03
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accounts · AA
2021-07-31
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accounts · AA
2021-07-20
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mortgage · MR01
2021-07-20
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mortgage · MR01
2021-07-20
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mortgage · MR01
2021-07-20
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mortgage · MR01
2021-07-20
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mortgage · MR01
2021-07-20
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mortgage · MR01
2021-07-20
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mortgage · MR01
2021-07-15
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
2021-07-15
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
2021-07-15
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
2021-07-15
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
2021-07-15
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
2021-07-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
2021-07-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
2020-03-08
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2020-03-08
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2020-03-08
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2020-03-01
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STOFFBERG, William appointed
director
2019-06-21
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BRIGHT, Matthew William appointed
director
2019-06-21
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NICHOLSON, Nigel Anthony resigned
director
2019-03-27
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BRIGHT, Robert Stewart appointed
director
2016-05-23
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Company incorporated
As ACORN PROPERTY LIMITED
2016-05-23
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NICHOLSON, Nigel Anthony 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 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

2 low

7 live charges

low

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

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Formation Capital Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Formation Capital Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ACORN PROPERTY LIMITED

This company · 10194822

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Formation Capital Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/03/2020

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Robert Stewart Brightceased 01/03/2020· 75-100% shares
Formation Capital Limitedceased 21/06/2019· 75-100% shares
Mr Nigel Anthony Nicholsonceased 31/03/2019· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-05-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Office 1 77/78 Hannah Street

Porth

CF39 9PY

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-11

Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BRIGHT, Matthew William→

director · ~41y · appointed 2019-06-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIGHT, Robert Stewart→

director · ~76y · appointed 2019-03-27

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

STOFFBERG, William→

director · ~34y · appointed 2020-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

NICHOLSON, Nigel Anthony→

director · ~73y · appointed 2016-05-23 · resigned 2019-06-21

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	15/07/2021	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/07/2021	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/07/2021	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/07/2021	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/07/2021	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/07/2021	—
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/07/2021	—

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-07-21

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-02-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-07-31

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2021-07-20

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2021-07-20