ACREBRAY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15568954 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-16
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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, 1 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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
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
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31

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 (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-14
    SALAMI, Sumaila appointed
    director
  2. 2025-05-14
    JOHN, Ceri Richard resigned
    director
  3. 2025-05-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-05-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-05-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-05-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-03-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACREBRAY LIMITED
  10. 2024-03-16
    JOHN, Ceri Richard appointed
    director
  11. 2024-03-16
    📄
    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 2.4 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 ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-28

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sumaila Salami
Individual · Ghanaian · DOB 01/1990 · age 36
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/05/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ceri Richard Johnceased 14/05/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

79a Padstow Avenue
Fishermead
Milton Keynes
MK6 2ER
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-28OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-14

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

SALAMI, Sumaila
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-05-14
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Active
JOHN, Ceri Richard
director · ~71y · appointed 2024-03-16 · resigned 2025-05-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-16