ACTION AGENTS LTD.
🌳Matureactive
01826914 · ltd · incorporated 1984-06-22
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 28.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£60.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47650
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 28.4y
65/100
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Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 28.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
100 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £60,562
Net assets shrinking
Down £48,515 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£61k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£160k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-06-30 | 2023-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £60.6k | £109.1k |
| Current assets | £160.3k | £208.3k |
| Net assets | £60.6k | £109.1k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-11-25📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-11-20➖SOMERS, Myrna resignedsecretary
- 2020-11-20➖SOMERS, Myrna resigneddirector
- 2020-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-06-03➕SOMERS, Antony Harry appointeddirector
- 1998-01-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1984-06-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTION AGENTS 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Brian Philip Somers Individual · British · DOB 09/1936 · age 90 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/05/2017 |
Mr Antony Harry Somers Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/05/2017 |
Mrs Myrna Somers Individual · British · DOB 10/1939 · age 87 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47650 — SIC 47650
Registered office
C/O TOBIN ASSOCIATES
4th Floor 63-66 Hatton Garden
London
EC1N 8LE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
SOMERS, Antony Harry→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2011-06-03
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Active
SOMERS, Myrna→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2020-11-20
SOMERS, Myrna→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 2020-11-20
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 29/01/1998 | — |
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Recent filings (100 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-11-25