ACORN GARAGE DOORS GROUP LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13683145 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-15
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£61.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
12 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £61,452
Cash YoY
+163%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£61k
↑ 163% YoY
Net Worth
£61k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£136k
↑ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £85.6k | £70.8k |
| Current assets | £135.9k | £79.1k |
| Cash | £61.0k | £23.1k |
| Debtors | £26.3k | £30.8k |
| Net assets | £61.5k | £52.0k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-11-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2025-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-24✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-05-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-10-15🏢Company incorporatedAs ACORN GARAGE DOORS GROUP LTD
- 2021-10-15➕ELLIS, Mark John appointeddirector
- 2021-10-15➕ELLIS, Sunivar Wendy appointeddirector
- 2021-10-15➕HOLDEN, Charlene Heather appointeddirector
- 2021-10-15➕HOLDEN, Kenneth Graham appointeddirector
- 2021-10-15📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
56/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation
Registered office
610 Jubilee Road
Letchworth Garden City
SG6 1NE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
ELLIS, Mark John→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2021-10-15
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ELLIS, Sunivar Wendy→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2021-10-15
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HOLDEN, Charlene Heather→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2021-10-15
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HOLDEN, Kenneth Graham→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2021-10-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 09/11/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (12 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-15