ACTIVITY TIME LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03258888 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-04
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.0y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
93 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees57005700

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-07-14
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    MADDEN, Peter Howard resigned
    director
  5. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-10-11
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    MADDEN, Peter Howard appointed
    director
  10. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-09
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2018-02-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-02-01
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  18. 2018-02-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  19. 2017-12-19
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    address · AD03
  20. 2017-08-02
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  21. 2008-10-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2008-09-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  23. 2008-07-31
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    HARGREAVES, Robin Lawrence appointed
    secretary
  24. 2008-07-31
    ➕
    HARGREAVES, Martin James appointed
    director
  25. 2008-07-31
    ➕
    HARGREAVES, Robin Lawrence appointed
    director
  26. 2008-07-31
    ➖
    WILLISON, Clare Alexandra resigned
    secretary
  27. 2008-07-31
    ➖
    JOHNSTONE, Murray Michael resigned
    director
  28. 1998-05-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  29. 1996-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVITY TIME LIMITED
  30. 1996-10-04
    ➕
    WAYNE, Harold appointed
    nominee-secretary
  31. 1996-10-04
    ➖
    WAYNE, Harold resigned
    nominee-secretary
  32. 1996-10-04
    ➕
    WILLISON, Clare Alexandra appointed
    secretary
  33. 1996-10-04
    ➕
    JOHNSTONE, Murray Michael appointed
    director
  34. 1996-10-04
    ➕
    WAYNE, Yvonne appointed
    nominee-director
  35. 1996-10-04
    ➖
    WAYNE, Yvonne resigned
    nominee-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Group structure

Hargreaves (Trading Group) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hargreaves (Trading Group) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ACTIVITY TIME LIMITED
This company · 03258888

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Hargreaves (Trading Group) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/10/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Hargreaves Commercial Property Limitedceased 05/10/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Hargreaves (Holdings) Limitedceased 05/10/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-10-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 4a Oak Park Industrial Estate
North Harbour Road
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3TJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HARGREAVES, Robin Lawrence→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARGREAVES, Martin James→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARGREAVES, Robin Lawrence→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAYNE, Harold→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-04 · resigned 1996-10-04
Resigned
WILLISON, Clare Alexandra→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-04 · resigned 2008-07-31
Resigned
JOHNSTONE, Murray Michael→
director · ~73y · appointed 1996-10-04 · resigned 2008-07-31
Resigned
MADDEN, Peter Howard→
director · ~84y · appointed 2021-10-11 · resigned 2024-07-14
Resigned
WAYNE, Yvonne→
nominee-director · ~46y · appointed 1996-10-04 · resigned 1996-10-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/08/2017—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property29/09/2008—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Debenture1 property26/05/199825/10/2008
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Recent filings (93 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-22