ACORN CARE (NE) LTD

🌳Matureactive
07314293 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees900900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-29
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  3. 2023-05-18
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  4. 2022-08-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-08-16
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-08-16
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  7. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-13
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  10. 2020-05-11
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-30
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-01-10
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    COATES, Jonathan resigned
    director
  13. 2019-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-26
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  15. 2017-05-23
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  16. 2016-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-07-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN CARE (NE) LTD
  18. 2010-07-14
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    BROOKS, Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2010-07-14
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    FOXTON, Julie-Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2010-07-14
    ➕
    KEY, Daniel Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2010-07-14
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    SANDERS, Christopher Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2010-07-14
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    COATES, Jonathan appointed
    director
  23. 2010-07-14
    ➕
    HUGHES, Lynn appointed
    director
  24. 2010-07-14
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    HUGHES, Lynn resigned
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87900 — Other residential care activities n.e.c.

Registered office

33 Kellaw Road
Yarm Road Business Park
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 4YA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BROOKS, Mark→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOXTON, Julie-Ann→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEY, Daniel Charles→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANDERS, Christopher Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COATES, Jonathan→
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-07-14 · resigned 2020-01-10
Resigned
HUGHES, Lynn→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-07-14 · resigned 2010-07-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-27
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2020-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21