ACORN 59 INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10438400 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-20
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (65/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.0y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-16
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-06-16
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-06-16
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-05-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-10
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2024-07-23
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rothschild & Co Bank International Limited
  8. 2023-08-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-15
    OAKES, Claire Louise appointed
    secretary
  12. 2021-04-15
    BEESTON, Samantha Louise appointed
    director
  13. 2021-04-15
    OAKES, Christopher Kevin appointed
    director
  14. 2021-04-15
    OAKES, Jessica May appointed
    director
  15. 2021-04-15
    OAKES, Melissa Jane appointed
    director
  16. 2021-04-15
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-04-15
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2021-04-15
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2021-04-15
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2021-04-15
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  21. 2021-02-17
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  22. 2021-02-17
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  23. 2021-01-29
    📄
    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  24. 2021-01-29
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  25. 2021-01-29
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  26. 2021-01-29
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  27. 2016-12-01
    OAKES, Kevin Graham appointed
    director
  28. 2016-12-01
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2016-12-01
    HART, Roger resigned
    director
  30. 2016-12-01
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  31. 2016-12-01
    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2016-10-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACORN 59 INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  33. 2016-10-20
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2016-10-20
    HART, Roger appointed
    director
  35. 2016-10-20
    A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  36. 2016-10-20
    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Graham Oakes
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/12/2016
Mrs Catherine Joan Brassington
Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47
2550%
25-50% shares26/11/2024
Ms Claire Louise Oakes
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
2550%
25-50% shares04/01/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Inhoco Formations Limitedceased 05/12/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Similar companies

Active · Property · ST postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A.H PROPERTY & SOLUTIONS LTD
16763896 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ACH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
14107031 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
ACIER HOMES LTD
13268126 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
ACTON MOAT LIMITED
12302839 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
ACUMEN HORIZON LTD
16827822 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ADENZAI LTD
14254564 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
ADF INVESTMENTS LTD
08555281 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
12y
ADLP LIMITED
10531424 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
9y
ADW PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD
11872261 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
AG MANCHESTER PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
16320258 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
AGC PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
10669820 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
AGO PROPERTIES STAFFORDSHIRE LIMITED
13254373 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Rsm
Festival Park
Stoke-On-Trent
ST1 5BB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (6 active · 4 resigned)

OAKES, Claire Louise
secretary · appointed 2021-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEESTON, Samantha Louise
director · ~40y · appointed 2021-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OAKES, Christopher Kevin
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OAKES, Jessica May
director · ~32y · appointed 2021-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OAKES, Kevin Graham
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OAKES, Melissa Jane
director · ~30y · appointed 2021-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-10-20 · resigned 2016-12-01
Resigned
HART, Roger
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-10-20 · resigned 2016-12-01
Resigned
A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2016-10-20 · resigned 2016-12-01
Resigned
INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2016-10-20 · resigned 2016-12-01
Resigned

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

Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Rothschild & Co Bank International
Rothschild & Co Bank International Limited
A registered charge23/07/2024
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.

Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-15