ACKLAND PROFESSIONAL LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13643901 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-27
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£-36.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
15 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
60
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £36,254
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£36k
↓ 3482% YoY
Current Assets
£36k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-19.2k | £11.4k |
| Current assets | £36.0k | £43.9k |
| Net assets | £-36.3k | £-1.0k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
4
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-06-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-06-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-15📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-19➕HASTE, Frances appointeddirector
- 2023-02-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ACKLAND PROFESSIONAL LTD
- 2021-09-27➕ACKLAND, Richard Stuart appointeddirector
- 2021-09-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ACKLAND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Frances Haste Individual · Welsh · DOB 03/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/06/2023 |
Mr Richard Stuart Ackland Individual · Welsh · DOB 05/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/09/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-09-27
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars
Registered office
740 Gower Road
Upper Killay
Swansea
SA2 7HQ
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-07
Last: 2026-06-23
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ACKLAND, Richard Stuart→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2021-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HASTE, Frances→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2023-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (15 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-09-27