ACTION MAILING LTD
🌳Matureactive
03442946 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-01
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 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18130
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 10.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
77 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 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-17➕FLETCHER, Michelle Margaret appointeddirector
- 2026-02-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-25📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-04-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-02-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2015-09-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2006-02-08➕SHREAD, Susan Janet appointedsecretary
- 2006-02-08➖HOGARTH, David Brian resignedsecretary
- 2006-02-08➖HOGARTH, David Brian resigneddirector
- 1997-10-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTION MAILING LTD
- 1997-10-01➕SHREAD, Steven Joseph appointeddirector
- 1997-10-01➕HOGARTH, David Brian appointedsecretary
- 1997-10-01➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-10-01➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-10-01➕HOGARTH, David Brian appointeddirector
- 1997-10-01➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1997-10-01➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Steven Joseph Shread Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Save And Raise (Guernsey) Limitedceased 11/03/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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
Incorporated1997-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18130 — SIC 18130
Registered office
Graphic House
Burnley Road Altham
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 5TX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
SHREAD, Susan Janet→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FLETCHER, Michelle Margaret→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2026-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHREAD, Steven Joseph→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 1997-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOGARTH, David Brian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-10-01 · resigned 2006-02-08
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-01 · resigned 1997-10-01
HOGARTH, David Brian→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 1997-10-01 · resigned 2006-02-08
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-10-01 · resigned 1997-10-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/04/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 15/09/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (77 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-02-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-12