ACTION PACKED LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02218121 · ltd · incorporated 1988-02-05
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 2023
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
  • 69201Accounting and auditing activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). 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 (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2023-12-31
Average employees100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-04-29
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  3. 2024-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  4. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2020-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-09-24
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  13. 2017-09-19
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-17
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2016-10-31
    SEWELL, Norman Jack resigned
    director
  16. 2016-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-01-01
    SEWELL, Roger Michael appointed
    director
  18. 1988-02-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTION PACKED LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roger Michael Sewell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1988-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Point West
11 Cherry Acre
Chalfont St.Peter
Bucks
SL9 0SX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SEWELL, Roger Michael
secretary
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Active
SEWELL, Roger Michael
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-01-01
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Active
SEWELL, Norman Jack
director · ~99y · resigned 2016-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-07