ACU HANDYMAN LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12079737 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-02
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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 (78/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£206£413£619£826£1kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets—£7.9k
Net assets—£1.0k
Average employees200—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-03-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-08-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ACU HANDYMAN LTD
  13. 2019-07-02
    ➕
    NICKLEN, Andrew David appointed
    director
  14. 2019-07-02
    ➕
    NICKLEN, Charlene Theresa Jane appointed
    director
  15. 2019-07-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew David Nicklen
Individual · British · DOB 06/1976 · age 50
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting02/07/2019
Mrs Charlene Theresa Jane Nicklen
Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/07/2019

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
Incorporated2019-07-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Cherry Hill Grove
Poole
Dorset
BH16 5LP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

NICKLEN, Andrew David→
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-07-02
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Active
NICKLEN, Charlene Theresa Jane→
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-07-02
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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-29