TECHLIVE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02375877 · ltd · incorporated 1989-04-25
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 32.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.9y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — 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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
19 officers (2 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
154 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees50

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (67 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-30
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  3. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2022-07-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2022-07-25
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    Charge satisfied #6
  10. 2022-07-25
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    Charge satisfied #5
  11. 2022-04-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2022-04-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2022-04-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2022-04-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2022-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2022-03-31
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    WORRALL, Zoe Christine appointed
    director
  17. 2022-03-31
    ➖
    DELLOW, Paul William resigned
    director
  18. 2022-03-31
    ➖
    FOGELMAN, David Jason resigned
    director
  19. 2022-03-31
    ➖
    MACKENZIE SMITH, Hugo Duncan Thomas Torquil resigned
    director
  20. 2022-03-31
    ➖
    WICKINGS, Robert Charles resigned
    director
  21. 2022-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2022-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2022-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2022-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  25. 2022-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  27. 2022-01-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  28. 2022-01-17
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  29. 2018-09-27
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  30. 2018-01-05
    ➕
    MACKENZIE SMITH, Hugo Duncan Thomas Torquil appointed
    director
  31. 2017-11-30
    ➖
    WORRALL, Zoe Christine resigned
    secretary
  32. 2017-11-30
    ➖
    CHALK, David resigned
    director
  33. 2017-11-30
    ➕
    DELLOW, Paul William appointed
    director
  34. 2017-11-30
    ➕
    FOGELMAN, David Jason appointed
    director
  35. 2017-11-30
    ➕
    WICKINGS, Robert Charles appointed
    director
  36. 2012-07-03
    ➕
    WORRALL, Timothy Andrew appointed
    director
  37. 2012-07-03
    ➕
    WORRALL, Zoe Christine appointed
    secretary
  38. 2012-06-29
    ➖
    VERNON, John resigned
    secretary
  39. 2012-06-29
    ➖
    VERNON, John resigned
    director
  40. 2011-09-24
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    Charge satisfied #4
  41. 2011-09-17
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    Charge satisfied #3
  42. 2011-08-18
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    FISHER, David Martin resigned
    director
  43. 2011-03-16
    ➖
    MARDEN, Christopher Reginald resigned
    director
  44. 2011-02-10
    ➕
    VERNON, John appointed
    secretary
  45. 2011-02-10
    ➖
    MANNINGTONS LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  46. 2010-07-31
    ➖
    HUGHES, David resigned
    secretary
  47. 2010-07-31
    ➕
    MANNINGTONS LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  48. 2010-07-31
    ➖
    HUGHES, David resigned
    director
  49. 2009-05-01
    ➖
    FISHER, Jill Yvonne resigned
    director
  50. 2009-05-01
    ➕
    HUGHES, David appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 67 events

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Techlive Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Techlive Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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TECHLIVE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
This company · 02375877

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Techlive Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/03/2022
Mr Timothy Andrew Worrall
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control31/03/2022
Mrs Zoe Christine Worrall
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence31/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Airwave Europe Limitedceased 31/03/2022· 75-100% shares

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

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7 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
Incorporated1989-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Lynton House
7-12 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9BQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 17 resigned)

WORRALL, Timothy Andrew→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WORRALL, Zoe Christine→
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FISHER, Jill Yvonne→
secretary · appointed 1991-09-24 · resigned 2002-07-24
Resigned
HUGHES, David→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-24 · resigned 2010-07-31
Resigned
SAMUEL, James Charles Marshall→
secretary · resigned 1991-09-24
Resigned
VERNON, John→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-10 · resigned 2012-06-29
Resigned
WORRALL, Zoe Christine→
secretary · appointed 2012-07-03 · resigned 2017-11-30
Resigned
MANNINGTONS LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-07-31 · resigned 2011-02-10
Resigned
CHALK, David→
director · ~73y · appointed 1992-05-06 · resigned 2017-11-30
Resigned
DELLOW, Paul William→
director · ~52y · appointed 2017-11-30 · resigned 2022-03-31
Resigned
FISHER, David Martin→
director · ~77y · appointed 1991-09-24 · resigned 2011-08-18
Resigned
FISHER, Jill Yvonne→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-07-24 · resigned 2009-05-01
Resigned
FOGELMAN, David Jason→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-11-30 · resigned 2022-03-31
Resigned
HARDING, Antony John→
director · ~94y · resigned 1991-09-23
Resigned
HUGHES, David→
director · ~81y · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2010-07-31
Resigned
MACKENZIE SMITH, Hugo Duncan Thomas Torquil→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-01-05 · resigned 2022-03-31
Resigned
MARDEN, Christopher Reginald→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2011-03-16
Resigned
VERNON, John→
director · ~81y · appointed 1991-09-24 · resigned 2012-06-29
Resigned
WICKINGS, Robert Charles→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-11-30 · resigned 2022-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—17/01/202225/07/2022
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—27/09/201825/07/2022
satisfied
Fortis Bank Sa-Nv
Debenture1 property18/07/200224/09/2011
satisfied
Fortis Bank Sa-Nv
Charge and release over deposit1 property18/07/200217/09/2011
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property20/07/199311/12/1997
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Charge1 property20/07/199304/07/2002

Recent filings (154 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-08
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-07-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-01