DRIVE-TECH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02288469 · ltd · incorporated 1988-08-22
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.0y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2023-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-08
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  7. 2023-08-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2022-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-03-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Liberty Leasing PLC
  18. 2005-07-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2005-07-06
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    COOPER, Jayne appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-07-06
    ➕
    COOPER, Alan appointed
    director
  21. 2005-07-06
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    COOPER, Jayne appointed
    director
  22. 2005-07-06
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Steven resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-07-06
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    ROBERTS, Hilda resigned
    director
  24. 2005-07-06
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    ROBERTS, Steven resigned
    director
  25. 2004-06-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Steven Roberts
  26. 1988-08-22
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    Company incorporated
    As DRIVE-TECH LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-08-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Easy Tax - Argentum 510 Bristol Business Park
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1EJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

COOPER, Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-06
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Active
COOPER, Alan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-07-06
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Active
COOPER, Jayne→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-07-06
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Active
ROBERTS, Steven→
secretary · resigned 2005-07-06
Resigned
ROBERTS, Hilda→
director · ~102y · resigned 2005-07-06
Resigned
ROBERTS, Steven→
director · ~76y · resigned 2005-07-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Liberty Leasing
Liberty Leasing PLC
Chattel mortgage1 property20/03/2013—
satisfied
Steven Roberts
Debenture1 property10/06/200421/07/2005
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Recent filings (107 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-08-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-21
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30