ACORN CENTRE (INVERURIE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC333855 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-13
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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 (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£241£482£722£963£1kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£1.0k£1.0k
Current assets£1.0k£1.2k
Net assets£1.0k£1.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-09-25
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  3. 2024-10-14
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  4. 2023-09-29
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  5. 2022-09-21
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  6. 2021-10-18
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  7. 2020-12-12
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  8. 2019-09-01
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  9. 2018-09-24
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  10. 2017-09-09
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  11. 2017-01-14
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2017-01-01
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    GRAY, Laura Louise appointed
    director
  13. 2016-11-26
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2016-11-25
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  15. 2016-11-25
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  16. 2016-10-03
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  17. 2016-08-01
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    PATERSON, Gillian Margaret appointed
    director
  18. 2016-07-31
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    GROVES, Ian, Rev. resigned
    director
  19. 2016-07-31
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    MITCHELL, Eleanor resigned
    director
  20. 2007-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORN CENTRE (INVERURIE) LIMITED
  21. 2007-11-13
    ➕
    SHARP, Alan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-11-13
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-11-13
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-11-13
    ➕
    GROVES, Ian, Rev. appointed
    director
  25. 2007-11-13
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Eleanor appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Incorporated2007-11-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

C/O Acorn Centre, Inverurie West
Parish Church, West High Street
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 3SA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SHARP, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-13
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Active
GRAY, Laura Louise→
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-01-01
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Active
PATERSON, Gillian Margaret→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-08-01
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-11-13 · resigned 2007-11-13
Resigned
GROVES, Ian, Rev.→
director · ~75y · appointed 2007-11-13 · resigned 2016-07-31
Resigned
MITCHELL, Eleanor→
director · ~78y · appointed 2007-11-13 · resigned 2016-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-01