ACTION SEALS LTD
🌳Matureactive
00750570 · ltd · incorporated 1963-02-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 41.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 41.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 41.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 4 | 500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-15➖QUAIL, Lorraine Claudine resigneddirector
- 2023-12-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-06📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-11-29➕QUAIL, Lorraine Claudine appointedsecretary
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2012-06-01➕QUAIL, Adam appointeddirector
- 2007-03-01➖KILGANNON, Ronald Barrington Francis, Dr resigneddirector
- 2007-03-01➕QUAIL, Lorraine Claudine appointeddirector
- 2002-03-07➕QUAIL, Stephen John appointedsecretary
- 2002-03-07➕QUAIL, Stephen John appointeddirector
- 2002-03-07➖WARD, Clifford Hugh resignedsecretary
- 2002-03-07➕KILGANNON, Ronald Barrington Francis, Dr appointeddirector
- 2002-03-07➖WAUGH, Audrey resigneddirector
- 2002-03-07➖WAUGH, Brian Desmond resigneddirector
- 2002-03-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2002-03-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2002-02-27➖MCEVOY, Mavis Anne resigneddirector
- 1995-01-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1984-10-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1963-02-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTION SEALS LTD
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mrs Lorraine Claudine Quail Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Stephen John Quail Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Adam Elliott Quail Individual · British · DOB 02/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Westfield Rd
Wallasey
Merseyside
CH44 7JA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31
Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)
QUAIL, Lorraine Claudine→
Activesecretary · appointed 2023-11-29
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QUAIL, Stephen John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-03-07
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Active
QUAIL, Stephen John→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2002-03-07
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WARD, Clifford Hugh→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2002-03-07
KILGANNON, Ronald Barrington Francis, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · appointed 2002-03-07 · resigned 2007-03-01
MCEVOY, Mavis Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · resigned 2002-02-27
QUAIL, Lorraine Claudine→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2023-12-15
WAUGH, Audrey→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 2002-03-07
WAUGH, Brian Desmond→
Resigneddirector · ~99y · resigned 2002-03-07
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Debenture | 1 property | 07/03/2002 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Legal charge | 2 properties | 07/03/2002 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 09/10/1984 | 21/01/1995 |
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Recent filings (107 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-23