ACTIVE TUNNELLING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02895908 · ltd · incorporated 1994-02-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 42130
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 42910SIC 42910
Investor take
PursueLeverage-led grower with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
9 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 24.0y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £4,058,908
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £4.06M |
| Average employees | 40 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-04-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-11-13🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2024-10-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-10-29🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2024-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-03-21🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2022-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-10-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-17➕DOHERTY, Kieran Anthony appointeddirector
- 2020-12-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-01-11➕JOHNSON, Gary Richard appointeddirector
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-11-16🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2012-11-16🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2012-11-16🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2012-11-16🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2011-12-15🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2011-01-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2010-08-04🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-10-08🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-03-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
- 2008-03-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2007-09-01➕JOHNSON, Linda Ann appointeddirector
- 2002-07-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC T/a Allied Irish Bank (GB)
- 1994-04-27➖DOHERTY, Bernard Oliver resigneddirector
- 1994-02-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTIVE TUNNELLING LIMITED
- 1994-02-08➕DOHERTY, Geraldine appointedsecretary
- 1994-02-08➕DOHERTY, John Philip appointeddirector
- 1994-02-08➕GRAEME, Dorothy May appointednominee-secretary
- 1994-02-08➖GRAEME, Dorothy May resignednominee-secretary
- 1994-02-08➕DOHERTY, Bernard Oliver appointeddirector
- 1994-02-08➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointednominee-director
- 1994-02-08➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
John Doherty Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
John Doherty Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ACTIVE TUNNELLING LIMITED
This company · 02895908
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
John Doherty Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Phillip Dohertyceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC42130 — SIC 42130
Registered office
International House Zone 4a
Bayton Road, Exhall
Coventry
West Midlands
CV7 9EJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06
Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)
DOHERTY, Geraldine→
Activesecretary · appointed 1994-02-08
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DOHERTY, John Philip→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 1994-02-08
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DOHERTY, Kieran Anthony→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2020-12-17
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JOHNSON, Gary Richard→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2019-01-11
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JOHNSON, Linda Ann→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2007-09-01
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GRAEME, Dorothy May→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1994-02-08 · resigned 1994-02-08
DOHERTY, Bernard Oliver→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 1994-02-08 · resigned 1994-04-27
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
Resignednominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1994-02-08 · resigned 1994-02-08
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Mortgages & charges
9
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/11/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/10/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/03/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 15/12/2011 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Deposit agreement to secure own liabilities | 1 property | 04/08/2010 | 16/11/2012 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 08/10/2009 | 16/11/2012 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 25/03/2009 | 16/11/2012 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 17/03/2008 | 16/11/2012 | |
| satisfied | Aib Group (UK) T/a Allied Irish Bank (GB) Aib Group (UK) PLC T/a Allied Irish Bank (GB) | Chattel mortgage | 1 property | 26/07/2002 | 18/01/2011 |
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Recent filings (114 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-03