ACRE 2 LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15326099 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-04
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 3 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-20
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  2. 2026-04-14
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2026-01-28
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2026-01-27
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2025-08-28
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2025-08-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-01-03
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-01-01
    DEVLIN, Matthew appointed
    director
  9. 2023-12-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACRE 2 LIMITED
  10. 2023-12-04
    DEVLIN, William James appointed
    director
  11. 2023-12-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-11-28

Group structure

The Acre Group (Kent) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
The Acre Group (Kent) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ACRE 2 LIMITED
This company · 15326099

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Acre Group (Kent) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/12/2023

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
Incorporated2023-12-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

The Granary, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9NT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-11-28OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DEVLIN, Matthew
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-01-01
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Active
DEVLIN, William James
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-12-04
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-05-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-08-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-04