AGE UK DERBY & DERBYSHIRE

🌳Matureactive

03510613 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1998-02-13

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£721.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47799

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

63990Other information service activities n.e.c.
88100Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
96040Physical well-being activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

21 officers (6 active, 21 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

107 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £721,445

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£620k

Net Worth

£721k

Current Assets

£750k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£721.4k
Current assets	£749.9k
Cash	£620.3k
Debtors	£129.5k
Net assets	£721.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2025-11-25
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officers · TM01
2025-11-06
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HILL, Ian Richard resigned
director
2024-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
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officers · CH01
2024-01-02
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officers · AP01
2023-12-16
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EATON, Martin appointed
director
2022-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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CAMPBELL, Hilary Graham resigned
director
2021-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-08-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-02-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-10-11
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BROWN, David resigned
director
2019-06-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-06-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-06-19
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HILL, Ian Richard appointed
director
2019-02-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-12-12
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HOLDRIDGE, John resigned
director
2015-10-21
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MATTHEWS, James appointed
director
2015-10-21
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NEWTON, Clive Richard appointed
director
2015-10-21
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CARNALL, Philip Bryon resigned
director
2012-10-03
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HOLDRIDGE, John appointed
director
2011-12-13
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HODGSON, Michael Charles resigned
director
2011-12-13
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WALKER, Wendy Louise resigned
director
2010-09-29
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DONE, Lynda appointed
secretary
2010-09-29
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HARRIS, Clyde Rodney resigned
secretary
2010-09-29
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CAMPBELL, Hilary Graham appointed
director
2010-09-29
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HARRIS, Clyde Rodney resigned
director
2009-10-14
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HODGSON, Michael Charles appointed
director
2009-10-14
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TIGHE, Margaret resigned
director
2007-11-14
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DONE, Lynda appointed
director
2007-08-15
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WIGLEY, David Lanceley resigned
director
2007-03-12
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BROWN, David appointed
director
2007-03-12
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WALKER, Wendy Louise appointed
director
2006-10-01
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BACON, Herbert resigned
director
2005-12-07
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CARNALL, Philip Bryon appointed
director
2004-08-30
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RUTHERFORD, Marion Clark resigned
director
2003-11-03
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HARVEY, Patricia Bruce resigned
director
2002-12-04
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RUTHERFORD, Marion Clark appointed
director
2002-03-28
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JOHNSON, Alison Margaret appointed
director
2001-04-01
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OAKES, John resigned
director
1999-03-01
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OAKES, John appointed
director
1999-03-01
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TIGHE, Margaret appointed
director
1999-03-01
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WIGLEY, David Lanceley appointed
director
1998-02-13
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Company incorporated
As AGE UK DERBY & DERBYSHIRE

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

clean

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1998-02-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47799 — SIC 47799

Registered office

29a Market Place

Heanor

Derbyshire

DE75 7EG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last: 2025-12-16