ACRES WILD FORESTRY LTD
Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £894.8k |
| Current assets | £35.4k |
| Cash | £35.4k |
| Debtors | £2 |
| Net assets | £27.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-23✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-09-19➕YARDLEY, Lynn appointeddirector
- 2024-09-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-07-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-07-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ACRES WILD FORESTRY LTD
- 2024-07-10➕PURDIE, Gordon appointeddirector
- 2024-07-10➕YARDLEY, Lynn appointeddirector
- 2024-07-10➖YARDLEY, Lynn resigneddirector
- 2024-07-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Young company: Only 1.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2024-09-23: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Lynn Yardley Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 10/07/2024 |
Mr Gordon Purdie Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 10/07/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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