ACON TIMBER LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14067751 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-25
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 employees1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-07-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ACON TIMBER LIMITED
  10. 2022-04-25
    ANTE, Josef Jürgen appointed
    director
  11. 2022-04-25
    ANTE, Julia Simone appointed
    director
  12. 2022-04-25
    KIMMICH, Jörn Wilhelm appointed
    director
  13. 2022-04-25
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2022-04-25
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ANTE, Julia Simone (same surname) appointed 2022-04-25. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-08

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Julia Simone Ante
Individual · German · DOB 06/1977 · age 49
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/04/2022

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
Incorporated2022-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Tc Citroen Wells Limited
5th Floor
3 Dorset Rise
London
EC4Y 8EN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ANTE, Josef Jürgen
director · ~76y · appointed 2022-04-25
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Active
ANTE, Julia Simone
director · ~49y · appointed 2022-04-25
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Active
KIMMICH, Jörn Wilhelm
director · ~56y · appointed 2022-04-25
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Active

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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-04-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-25