ACORN ACCOUNTING SERVICES LIMITED

Company number 05808031 ·

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Executive summary

Acorn Accounting Services Limited operates as a micro-practice sole practitioner firm in the highly fragmented UK accounting services sector, serving what appears to be a local rural client base from Chard, Somerset. While the business demonstrates encouraging top-line asset growth and has recovered from a technically insolvent position in 2018, its near-zero equity base (£795 on £41,825 assets) places it well below typical industry capitalisation benchmarks and leaves it financially fragile. The practice's competitive position relies almost entirely on proprietor Robert Davison's personal relationships, with limited evidence of investment in the technology and scale needed to adapt to the sector's accelerating digital transformation—particularly Making Tax Digital compliance requirements that will reshape the sole practitioner market from 2026 onwards.

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Shareholders' funds

£795

Balance sheet as at 2025-05-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2006-05-05
Employees
1 (2025 accounts · was 0 in 2024)
Registered office
7 Hillside, Chard, Somerset, England, TA20 1JF
Postcode
TA20 1JF
Capital
4 GBP
Accounts category
Micro

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-05-31
Next due by
2027-02-28
Financial year end
31 May

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-02-02
Next due by
2027-02-16
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 69201 Accounting and auditing activities

Officers 2 current · 1 resigned

Appointed 2011-05-14
MR ROBERT DAVISON Secretary
Appointed 2011-05-14

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB138671 (Tier 1), registered since 2021.

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Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
DITTON HOUSE 59 FLEECE ROAD, LONG DITTON, SURBITON, UNITED KINGDOM, KT6 5JR2020-05-06
PALACE GATE HOUSE, 3 PALACE GATE, HAMPTON COURT, SURREY, KT8 9BN2011-10-26
25 THE GLADE, STAINES, MIDDLESEX, TW18 1ER2007-03-22

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 177 similar companies in TA, trading since 2006

Competitors Taunton

This company ranks 114 among accounting and auditing activities in Taunton.

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The class of 2006

44%

of the 1,686 companies in this sector incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.

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