ACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03080445 · ltd · incorporated 1995-07-17
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.22M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,224,841

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.2m
Net Worth
£1.2m
Current Assets
£2.4m
Current Liabilities
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£0£476k£953k£1.4m£1.9m£2.4mNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£1.23M—
Current assets£2.38M—
Cash£1.19M—
Debtors£1.17M—
Net assets£1.22M—
Average employees—400

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
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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  2. 2025-04-22
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  5. 2025-01-07
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    address · AD01
  6. 2024-10-10
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  7. 2024-10-10
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  8. 2024-08-28
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  9. 2023-08-30
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  10. 2022-08-26
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  11. 2021-08-31
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  12. 2020-08-24
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  13. 2019-08-29
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  14. 2018-08-23
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  15. 2017-08-30
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  16. 2017-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 1995-07-20
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    LEWIS, Susan Caroline appointed
    secretary
  18. 1995-07-20
    ➕
    LEWIS, Matthew James appointed
    director
  19. 1995-07-20
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    LEWIS, Susan Caroline appointed
    director
  20. 1995-07-20
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    ST JAMES'S SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  21. 1995-07-20
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    ST JAMES'S DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  22. 1995-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  23. 1995-07-17
    ➕
    ST JAMES'S SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-07-17
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    ST JAMES'S DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew James Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Caroline Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-07-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

160 Fernhead Road
London
W9 3EL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LEWIS, Susan Caroline→
secretary · appointed 1995-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Matthew James→
director · ~54y · appointed 1995-07-20
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Active
LEWIS, Susan Caroline→
director · ~56y · appointed 1995-07-20
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Active
ST JAMES'S SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-07-17 · resigned 1995-07-20
Resigned
ST JAMES'S DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-07-17 · resigned 1995-07-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-22
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officers · CH01
2025-04-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-04-22
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address · AD01
2025-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31