ACORN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.6y
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 (75/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £13.43M |
| Current assets | £16.64M |
| Cash | £44.2k |
| Debtors | £16.60M |
| Net assets | £-1.33M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 officers
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2026-05-14➕MASSOS, Christina Anna appointedsecretary
- 2026-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-10-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Api Securities Limited
- 2025-09-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-08-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-08-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-08-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-08-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-08-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-08-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-08-19✏️legacychange-of-name · RP04SH01
- 2025-08-18✏️legacychange-of-name · RP04SH01
- 2025-08-18✏️legacychange-of-name · RP04SH01
- 2025-08-15✏️legacychange-of-name · RP04SH01
- 2025-02-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-10-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ACORN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2022-10-12➕OMIROU, Melanie Jayne appointeddirector
- 2022-10-12➕SUMMERSKILL, Romy Elizabeth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-08-19: legacy; 2025-08-18: legacy
Group structure
Acorn Green Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Acorn Green Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 12/10/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Api Securities Api Securities Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/10/2025 | — |