ACORN EGGS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12774062 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-28
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
£232.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
29 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 £232,077

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£232k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£383k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£77k£153k£230k£306k£383kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£232.1k£193.7k
Current assets£382.9k£289.5k
Net assets£232.1k£193.7k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-10-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-05-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-05-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-06-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-06-08
    ➖
    FAIRBURN, Stuart Henry resigned
    director
  15. 2020-10-23
    ➕
    FAIRBURN, Judy appointed
    director
  16. 2020-10-23
    ➖
    FAIRBURN, Daniel James resigned
    director
  17. 2020-10-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-10-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-10-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2020-10-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2020-10-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2020-10-09
    ➕
    FAIRBURN-WRIGHT, Caroline Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2020-10-09
    ➖
    FAIRBURN, Judy resigned
    director
  24. 2020-07-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACORN EGGS LIMITED
  25. 2020-07-28
    ➕
    FAIRBURN, Daniel James appointed
    director
  26. 2020-07-28
    ➕
    FAIRBURN, Judy appointed
    director
  27. 2020-07-28
    ➕
    FAIRBURN, Stuart Henry appointed
    director

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 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mrs Judy Fairburn
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting23/10/2020
Mrs Caroline Mary Fairburn-Wright
Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/10/2020
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Executors Of Stuart Henry Fairburn Deceasedceased 08/06/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Daniel James Fairburnceased 23/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Judy Fairburnceased 09/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2020-07-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

Rollestone House
20 -22 Bridge Street
Horncastle
Lincolnshire
LN9 5HZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

FAIRBURN, Judy→
director · ~75y · appointed 2020-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FAIRBURN-WRIGHT, Caroline Mary→
director · ~53y · appointed 2020-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FAIRBURN, Daniel James→
director · ~49y · appointed 2020-07-28 · resigned 2020-10-23
Resigned
FAIRBURN, Judy→
director · ~75y · appointed 2020-07-28 · resigned 2020-10-09
Resigned
FAIRBURN, Stuart Henry→
director · ~75y · appointed 2020-07-28 · resigned 2021-06-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23