ACRUK LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15313980 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-28
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.49M
book net assets
Opportunity
59/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed wholesale with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 59/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
59/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £1,487,951

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1.5m
Current Assets
£21k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30
Total assets£1.51M
Current assets£21.2k
Net assets£1.49M

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

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 (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-11-11
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-11-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-10-28
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2025-02-25
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2025-02-18
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2023-11-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACRUK LTD
  8. 2023-11-28
    RADUCAN, Andreas Constantin appointed
    director
  9. 2023-11-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2025-12-11

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-11-13: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andreas Constantin Raducan
Individual · Romanian · DOB 02/1999 · age 27
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/11/2023

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
Incorporated2023-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Flat 6 4-14 Dame Alice Street
Bedford
MK40 1BP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-12-11OVERDUE
Last: 2024-11-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

RADUCAN, Andreas Constantin
director · ~27y · appointed 2023-11-28
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Recent filings (8 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-11-13
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-02-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-28