2013 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03057814 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-17
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 27.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£752.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £752,337
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,159 YoY
Cash YoY
+409%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
↑ 409% YoY
Net Worth
£752k
↓ 2.2% YoY
Current Assets
£636k
↑ 3.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£154k£308k£462k£616k£769kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£752.3k£909.4k
Current assets£635.9k£616.6k
Cash£11.3k£2.2k
Debtors£624.6k£614.4k
Net assets£752.3k£769.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-05
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    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-03-05
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-03-05
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    Charge satisfied #4
  5. 2025-03-05
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    Charge satisfied #3
  6. 2024-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-16
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  8. 2023-01-24
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  9. 2022-01-10
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  10. 2021-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-19
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-09-19
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2019-09-11
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hampshire Trust Bank PLC Crn: 01311315
  15. 2019-09-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hampshire Trust Bank PLC Crn: 01311315
  16. 2019-06-13
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    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2019-06-13
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    mortgage · MR05
  18. 2019-06-13
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    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2019-06-13
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2019-06-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2019-06-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  22. 2019-06-10
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    officers · CH01
  23. 2018-10-22
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    accounts · AA
  24. 2002-05-01
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    BROOKS, Alexander Samuel resigned
    director
  25. 1998-07-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Nationwide Building Society
  26. 1998-07-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Nationwide Building Society
  27. 1998-06-22
    ➕
    BROOKS, Alexander Samuel appointed
    director
  28. 1997-05-27
    ➕
    BROOKS, Peter John appointed
    director
  29. 1995-05-18
    ➕
    BROOKS, Peter John appointed
    secretary
  30. 1995-05-18
    ➖
    MATTHEWS, David Steven resigned
    secretary
  31. 1995-05-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 2013 LIMITED
  32. 1995-05-17
    ➕
    TARALA, Alexander Mark appointed
    director
  33. 1995-05-17
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, David Steven appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter John Brooks
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Alexander Mark Tarala
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Heath Lodge Colchester Main Road
Alresford
Colchester
CO7 8DB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BROOKS, Peter John→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKS, Peter John→
director · ~78y · appointed 1997-05-27
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Active
TARALA, Alexander Mark→
director · ~74y · appointed 1995-05-17
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Active
MATTHEWS, David Steven→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-17 · resigned 1995-05-18
Resigned
BROOKS, Alexander Samuel→
director · ~51y · appointed 1998-06-22 · resigned 2002-05-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Hampshire Trust Bank Crn: 01311315
Hampshire Trust Bank PLC Crn: 01311315
A registered charge—11/09/201905/03/2025
satisfied
Hampshire Trust Bank Crn: 01311315
Hampshire Trust Bank PLC Crn: 01311315
A registered charge3 properties11/09/201905/03/2025
satisfied
Nationwide
Nationwide Building Society
Debenture1 property29/07/199813/06/2019
satisfied
Nationwide
Nationwide Building Society
Legal charge2 properties29/07/199813/06/2019

Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-20