ACORNS (SOUTHERN) HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
15768338 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-07
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 1.7y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £68,394
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Operating profit | £-30 |
| Profit before tax | £68.4k |
| Average employees | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-06-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-12📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-03-06➕PALMER, Cassandra Marie appointeddirector
- 2025-03-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-11-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-11📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2024-11-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-05📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-11-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-11-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-10-29➕CALLANDER, Paul Anthony appointeddirector
- 2024-10-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2024-10-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Susan Vaughan (As Security Trustee)
- 2024-06-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-19➕LEEK, Andrew Mark Alexander appointeddirector
- 2024-06-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ACORNS (SOUTHERN) HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2024-06-07➕STUART, Forbes Kerr appointeddirector
- 2024-06-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
53/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Ignite (Acorns) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Ignite (Acorns) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ACORNS (SOUTHERN) HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 15768338
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ignite (Acorns) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 07/06/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
The Barn
Calcot Lane
Southampton
Hampshire
SO32 2BN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-20
Last: 2026-06-06
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
CALLANDER, Paul Anthony→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2024-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEEK, Andrew Mark Alexander→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2024-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PALMER, Cassandra Marie→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2025-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STUART, Forbes Kerr→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2024-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | — | 29/10/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Susan Vaughan (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/10/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (18 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-06-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-17
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-11-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-05
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-11-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-05