ACTIVE CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02763281 · ltd · incorporated 1992-11-09
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£221.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other reservation service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -51% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.9y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
87 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £221,292
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,436 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 51% YoY
Cash YoY
-51%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£183k
↓ 51% YoY
Net Worth
£221k
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£480k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£124k£247k£371k£494k£618kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£221.3k£225.7k
Current assets£480.1k£618.1k
Cash£182.7k£371.0k
Debtors£297.4k£247.1k
Net assets£221.3k£225.7k

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

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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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-04
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  3. 2023-12-26
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  4. 2022-12-14
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  5. 2021-12-09
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  6. 2020-10-31
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  7. 2020-06-05
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  8. 2020-06-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  9. 2020-05-28
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    THOMAS, Craig resigned
    director
  10. 2019-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  11. 2018-08-08
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  12. 2017-09-21
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  13. 2016-09-19
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  14. 2016-02-22
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  15. 2015-11-18
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  16. 2015-08-27
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-09-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee)
  18. 2011-03-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 1999-08-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 1993-10-04
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    THOMAS, Craig appointed
    director
  21. 1993-07-05
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    BRAY, Philip John resigned
    director
  22. 1992-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  23. 1992-11-09
    ➕
    BRAY, Lindsay Ann appointed
    secretary
  24. 1992-11-09
    ➕
    BRAY, David Nigel appointed
    director
  25. 1992-11-09
    ➕
    BRAY, Lindsay Ann appointed
    director
  26. 1992-11-09
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1992-11-09
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1992-11-09
    ➕
    BRAY, Philip John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 69. 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 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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 David Nigel Bray
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Craig Thomasceased 28/05/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1992-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79909 — Other reservation service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Active House
51 Wolsey Road
Esher
Surrey
KT10 8NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BRAY, Lindsay Ann→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-09
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Active
BRAY, David Nigel→
director · ~69y · appointed 1992-11-09
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Active
BRAY, Lindsay Ann→
director · ~62y · appointed 1992-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-11-09 · resigned 1992-11-09
Resigned
BRAY, Philip John→
director · ~76y · appointed 1992-11-09 · resigned 1993-07-05
Resigned
THOMAS, Craig→
director · ~66y · appointed 1993-10-04 · resigned 2020-05-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee)
Debenture1 property02/09/2011—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Deed of charge over credit balances1 property04/08/199912/03/2011
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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-12