AGES PAST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03322391 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-21
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£280.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £280,798

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£321k
Net Worth
£281k
Current Assets
£325k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£65k£130k£195k£260k£325kAug 2024Aug 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£280.8k—
Current assets£324.5k—
Cash£321.1k—
Debtors£3.4k—
Net assets£280.8k—
Average employees—200

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-07
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-13
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2021-10-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-02-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-02-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-02-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-01-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2011-09-01
    ➕
    GOODMAN, Ruth Ellen appointed
    director
  18. 1997-02-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AGES PAST LIMITED
  19. 1997-02-21
    ➕
    GOODMAN, Ruth Ellen appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-02-21
    ➕
    GOODMAN, Mark appointed
    director
  21. 1997-02-21
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-02-21
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 63. 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 Mark Goodman
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Ruth Ellen Goodman
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
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.

Similar companies

Active · Technology · SY postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ALL4DAIRY LTD→
14414203 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
ALL4FEET LTD→
10388918 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
————9y——
ALL4ONE4FUN LIMITED→
10956966 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
ALPINE DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED→
08242401 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
————13y——
AMALEON LTD→
16882752 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
ANNALS OF BOTANY COMPANY→
00078001 · est 1903 · no financials extracted
————122y——
APPFORGE.UK LTD→
14175234 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
ARCHITECH DIGITAL LTD→
16786010 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
ARGRAFF LTD→
05031998 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
————22y——
ARIAN HAPUS LIMITED→
14054424 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
ARNEURA LIMITED→
14842761 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
ARP SERVICES PROFESSIONAL LTD→
09842676 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
————10y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

Waraway Cottage
Tallarn Green
Malpas
SY14 7LH
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GOODMAN, Ruth Ellen→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODMAN, Mark→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODMAN, Ruth Ellen→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-21 · resigned 1997-02-21
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-12