ACTON TERRACE MANAGEMENT CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02665539 · ltd · incorporated 1991-11-25

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

15 officers (6 active, 15 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

107 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	—	£1.4k
Cash	—	£2.0k
Net assets	—	£1.4k
Average employees	5	—

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2025-11-24
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accounts · AA
2024-08-15
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accounts · AA
2023-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
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officers · AP01
2021-12-03
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officers · CH01
2021-11-24
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accounts · AA
2021-09-01
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PETERS, David Jason appointed
director
2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2020-11-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-14
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officers · TM01
2019-03-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-03-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-02-01
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FAIZI, Rodney appointed
director
2019-02-01
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COLLINS, Alister resigned
director
2019-01-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-07-05
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HURST, Cyril resigned
director
2018-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2009-09-21
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BARLOW, Angela Jane appointed
director
2009-09-21
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CURTIS, Scott resigned
director
2006-02-13
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COLLINS, Alister appointed
director
2006-02-13
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COLLINS, Paul Anthony resigned
director
2003-06-16
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JOHNSON, Paul appointed
secretary
2003-06-16
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JOHNSON, Paul appointed
director
2003-06-16
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LEAVER, Christina Marian appointed
director
2003-06-16
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BEARDWOOD, William resigned
director
2003-06-16
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COLLINS, Paul Anthony appointed
director
2003-06-16
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CURTIS, Scott appointed
director
2003-06-16
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HURST, Cyril appointed
director
2002-11-18
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SCHICKHOFF-BROWN, Peter Thomas, Mr. resigned
secretary
1997-06-13
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SCHICKHOFF-BROWN, Peter Thomas, Mr. resigned
director
1991-11-25
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Company incorporated
As ACTON TERRACE MANAGEMENT CO. LIMITED
1991-11-25
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SCHICKHOFF-BROWN, Peter Thomas, Mr. appointed
secretary
1991-11-25
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MBC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-11-25
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BEARDWOOD, William appointed
director
1991-11-25
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SCHICKHOFF-BROWN, Peter Thomas, Mr. appointed
director
1991-11-25
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MBC NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1991-11-14
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MBC SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-11-14
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MBC NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Johnson Individual · British · DOB 01/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1991-11-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

1st Floor Waterside House

Waterside Drive

Wigan

Lancashire

WN3 5AZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-09

Last: 2025-11-25