ACRUX RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14754172 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-24
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£31.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 2 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 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
8 filings
60
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £31,004
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£31k
↑ 83% YoY
Current Assets
£49k
↓ 55% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£22k£44k£66k£87k£109kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£62.7k£122.6k
Current assets£49.4k£109.3k
Net assets£31.0k£16.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-03-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACRUX RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED
  5. 2023-03-24
    BROWNE, Sean Christopher appointed
    director
  6. 2023-03-24
    LINNELL, Geoffrey Richard appointed
    director
  7. 2023-03-24
    LINNELL, Richard John appointed
    director
  8. 2023-03-24
    RANTLOANE, Kgotlelelo Sere appointed
    director
  9. 2023-03-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 — LINNELL, Geoffrey Richard (same surname) appointed 2023-03-24. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean
No 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.

🏛️
Wexford Capital Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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Pecanwood Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
ACRUX RESOURCES (UK) LIMITED
This company · 14754172

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Wexford Capital Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control24/03/2023
Pecanwood Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control24/03/2023

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
Incorporated2023-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

16 The Mall
Surbiton
KT6 4EQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BROWNE, Sean Christopher
director · ~50y · appointed 2023-03-24
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Active
LINNELL, Geoffrey Richard
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-03-24
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Active
LINNELL, Richard John
director · ~82y · appointed 2023-03-24
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Active
RANTLOANE, Kgotlelelo Sere
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-03-24
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-24