ACUMARINE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13125168 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-11
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47640
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-01-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2025-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-08-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-04-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2022-04-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2022-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-03-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2021-01-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  21. 2021-01-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ACUMARINE LIMITED
  22. 2021-01-11
    COUMBE, David John appointed
    director
  23. 2021-01-11
    COUMBE, Linda Rose appointed
    director

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 age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 David John Coumbe
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/01/2021
Mrs Linda Rose Coumbe
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/01/2021

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
Incorporated2021-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47640 — SIC 47640

Registered office

Vivian House
Newham Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2DP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COUMBE, David John
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-01-11
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Active
COUMBE, Linda Rose
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-01-11
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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11