ACORN DAMP PROOFING LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10726261 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-13
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 400 | 400 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-01➕BEECH, Sally Jane appointeddirector
- 2019-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-26📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-12📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2017-04-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ACORN DAMP PROOFING LTD
- 2017-04-13➕BEECH, Steven appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Steven Beech Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 13/04/2017 |
Mrs Sally Jane Beech Individual · British · DOB 08/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 13/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-04-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Registered office
6 Thyme Avenue
Ravenfield
Rotherham
S65 4GL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BEECH, Sally Jane→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2020-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BEECH, Steven→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2017-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (26 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-26