AKROYD FAMILY INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11268917 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-22
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.08M
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of investment trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,078,944
Cash YoY
+712%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£549k
↑ 712% YoY
Net Worth
£3.1m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£3.2m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£644k£1.3m£1.9m£2.6m£3.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.14M£3.13M
Current assets£3.22M£3.21M
Cash£548.7k£67.6k
Debtors£202£498.4k
Net assets£3.08M£3.08M

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

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2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-28
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2021-01-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-06-14
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-06-12
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2019-06-11
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2018-05-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2018-05-14
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  16. 2018-05-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2018-03-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AKROYD FAMILY INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  18. 2018-03-22
    ➕
    AKROYD, Angela appointed
    director
  19. 2018-03-22
    ➕
    AKROYD, Nicholas appointed
    director
  20. 2018-03-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AKROYD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Akroyd
Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/03/2018
Mrs Angela Akroyd
Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/04/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael Akroydceased 04/04/2018· significant influence · trust interest

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
Incorporated2018-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64301 — Activities of investment trusts

Registered office

177 Feltham Hill Road
Ashford
TW15 1HJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AKROYD, Angela→
director · ~51y · appointed 2018-03-22
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Active
AKROYD, Nicholas→
director · ~51y · appointed 2018-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-02