ACTION SCHEME LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01778228 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1983-12-15

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-434

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

19 officers (6 active, 19 linked, 16 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

118 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £434

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£434

↓ 219% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-30	2024-03-30
Total assets	£-199	£-136
Net assets	£-434	£-136

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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2024-11-19
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2024-03-08
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2023-12-20
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2022-12-22
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2022-05-04
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WOOLLEY, Anna appointed
director
2022-05-04
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MARSHALL, Steven resigned
director
2022-05-04
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2022-05-04
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2021-11-12
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2021-01-07
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2021-01-05
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2020-11-06
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HERRINGTON, Mary resigned
director
2019-12-03
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2019-05-16
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2019-05-13
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2019-05-10
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2019-05-10
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2019-01-04
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2018-11-12
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MARSHALL, Steven appointed
director
2018-11-10
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STEAD, Shirley June resigned
director
2018-10-18
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ENGLISH, Justin Marcus appointed
director
2018-10-18
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CADMAN, Amanda Darlene resigned
director
2018-10-18
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officers · AP01
2018-10-18
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officers · TM01
2018-05-09
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HERRINGTON, Mary appointed
director
2003-12-01
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DEAN, Timothy Adrian Grosvenor, Dr resigned
director
2001-07-03
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BRAIDE, Jonathan Gordon resigned
director
2001-06-05
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PEARMAN, Mark Frederick appointed
director
2001-06-05
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HARGREAVES, Nigel John Paol resigned
director
2001-01-31
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DEAN, Timothy Adrian Grosvenor, Dr appointed
director
2001-01-31
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TAMMINEN, Barbara Teresa resigned
director
2001-01-03
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GROUSE, Rosalyn Jayne appointed
director
1996-01-22
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WOOD, Kathryn Ann appointed
secretary
1996-01-22
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HARGREAVES, Nigel John Paol resigned
secretary
1995-03-20
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WOOD, Kathryn Ann appointed
director
1995-01-11
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HARGREAVES, Nigel John Paol appointed
secretary
1994-10-03
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HARGREAVES, Nigel John Paol appointed
director
1994-10-03
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WARD, John resigned
director
1994-10-03
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WATTS, Kitty resigned
director
1994-09-09
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WARD, John resigned
secretary
1992-10-28
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CADMAN, Amanda Darlene appointed
director
1992-10-28
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RAPER, Marion Eileen resigned
director
1983-12-15
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Company incorporated
As ACTION SCHEME LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1983-12-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

12 St John's Square

Wakefield

WF1 2RA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-09

Last: 2025-06-25