ACFORM INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC336660 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-24

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 17.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£332.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 17.6y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £332,653

Cash YoY

+53%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£94k

↑ 53% YoY

Net Worth

£333k

↑ 8.5% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£333.5k	£307.3k
Current assets	—	£61.3k
Cash	£93.8k	£61.3k
Net assets	£332.7k	£306.5k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

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2023-03-30
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2022-03-31
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2021-04-07
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2021-03-12
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2021-03-12
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2020-06-04
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2019-03-26
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2018-03-29
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2017-03-31
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2016-05-09
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2009-07-24
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-12-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-01-24
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Company incorporated
As ACFORM INVESTMENTS LIMITED
2008-01-24
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ORR, Frances appointed
secretary
2008-01-24
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COLLIN, Alan Thomas appointed
director
2008-01-24
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MEEK, Roderick Russell appointed
director
2008-01-24
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ORR, Frances appointed
director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Roderick Russell Meek Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Ms Frances Orr Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Alan Thomas Collin Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-01-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Belhaven Woodhall Road

Braidwood

Carluke

Lanarkshire

ML8 5NF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ORR, Frances→

secretary · appointed 2008-01-24

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Active

COLLIN, Alan Thomas→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-01-24

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Active

MEEK, Roderick Russell→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-01-24

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Active

ORR, Frances→

director · ~57y · appointed 2008-01-24

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Standard security	1 property	24/07/2009	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	11/12/2008	—

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-05-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-04-07

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-03-12

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-03-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-02-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-06-04