ACORN BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10322893 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-10
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
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£6.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,078

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£6k
Current Assets
£176k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-08-31
Total assets£6.1k
Current assets£175.8k
Net assets£6.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-01
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Gerard Paul resigned
    director
  9. 2020-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-08-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2016-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  17. 2016-08-10
    ➕
    GREGORY, Kevin appointed
    director
  18. 2016-08-10
    ➕
    HOLDERNESS, Julie appointed
    director
  19. 2016-08-10
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Gerard Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2016-08-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Kevin Gregory
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/08/2018
Miss Julie Holderness
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gerard Paul Robinsonceased 10/08/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2016-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78300 — Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

Registered office

Unit 6 Acorn Business Park
Woodseats Close
Sheffield
S8 0TB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GREGORY, Kevin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-08-10
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Active
HOLDERNESS, Julie→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-08-10
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Active
ROBINSON, Gerard Paul→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-08-10 · resigned 2021-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-23