ACH IMPORTS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13608827 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-08
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£253.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £253,105
Cash YoY
+63%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£584k
↑ 63% YoY
Net Worth
£253k
↑ 59% YoY
Current Assets
£777k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £255.5k | £159.4k |
| Current assets | £777.5k | £604.1k |
| Cash | £583.8k | £358.0k |
| Debtors | £193.7k | £246.1k |
| Net assets | £253.1k | £159.4k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-09-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-06📄capital-sale-or-transfer-treasury-shares-with-date-currency-capital-figurecapital · SH04
- 2023-10-27📄capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-datecapital · SH03
- 2023-09-21📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-09-21📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ACH IMPORTS LTD
- 2021-09-08➕FRANKHAM, Anthony Ian appointeddirector
- 2021-09-08➕HULME, Thomas Edwin appointeddirector
- 2021-09-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-09-08📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
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.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Blackmore Management Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
Fruvolution Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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ACH IMPORTS LTD
This company · 13608827
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Blackmore Management Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/07/2023 |
Fruvolution Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/11/2021 |
Mr Anthony Ian Frankham Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 08/09/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Registered office
5 London Road
Rainham
Gillingham
Kent
ME8 7RG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FRANKHAM, Anthony Ian→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2021-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HULME, Thomas Edwin→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2021-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (21 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
capital-sale-or-transfer-treasury-shares-with-date-currency-capital-figure
capital · SH04
2023-11-06
capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-date
capital · SH03
2023-10-27
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-09-21
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22