ACTIVITY ISLAND LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

01771455 · ltd · incorporated 1983-11-21

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£53.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

110 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £53,389

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£53k

↑ 211% YoY

Current Assets

£9k

↓ 79% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£26.5k	£15.3k
Current assets	£9.3k	£44.0k
Net assets	£53.4k	£17.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-06-25
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accounts · AA
2024-06-12
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accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts · AA
2021-09-02
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accounts · AA
2020-06-16
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accounts · AA
2020-01-03
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address · AD01
2019-03-21
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accounts · AA
2018-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-12-20
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HODGKINSON, Margaret resigned
secretary
2016-12-20
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HODGKINSON, Graham resigned
director
2016-12-20
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HODGKINSON, Margaret resigned
director
2016-12-20
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officers · TM01
2016-12-20
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officers · TM02
2016-12-20
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officers · TM01
2016-02-17
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accounts · AA
2016-02-03
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annual-return · AR01
2006-12-31
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JAMES, Gavin resigned
director
1995-06-14
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HUGHES, Kevin Paul appointed
director
1983-11-21
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Company incorporated
As ACTIVITY ISLAND LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kevin Paul Hughes Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	29/01/2017

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

Incorporated1983-11-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Unit 10 Phoenix Park, Stephenson Industrial Estate

Telford Way

Coalville

Leicestershire

LE67 3HB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

HUGHES, Kevin Paul→

director · ~63y · appointed 1995-06-14

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Active

HODGKINSON, Margaret→

secretary · resigned 2016-12-20

Resigned

HODGKINSON, Graham→

director · ~84y · resigned 2016-12-20

Resigned

HODGKINSON, Margaret→

director · ~87y · resigned 2016-12-20

Resigned

JAMES, Gavin→

director · ~85y · resigned 2006-12-31

Resigned

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