ACTIVE RESOURCE (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03696749 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-18
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 employees600700

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-29
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  3. 2024-09-16
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  4. 2023-11-22
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  5. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-03
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-30
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  10. 2019-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-24
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-22
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-01-20
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    COOKSON, Phillip appointed
    director
  17. 2013-08-15
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    OLLERTON, Stephen resigned
    director
  18. 2009-12-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2002-02-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 1999-02-15
    ➕
    OLLERTON, Julie Karen appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-02-15
    ➕
    OLLERTON, Julie Karen appointed
    director
  22. 1999-02-15
    ➕
    OLLERTON, Stephen appointed
    director
  23. 1999-01-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE RESOURCE (UK) LIMITED
  24. 1999-01-18
    ➕
    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-01-18
    ➖
    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-01-18
    ➕
    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1999-01-18
    ➖
    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Julie Karen Ollerton
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated1999-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

Piccadilly Chambers
45a St Petersgate
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 1DH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

OLLERTON, Julie Karen→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOKSON, Phillip→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OLLERTON, Julie Karen→
director · ~61y · appointed 1999-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-18 · resigned 1999-01-18
Resigned
OLLERTON, Stephen→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-02-15 · resigned 2013-08-15
Resigned
ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-01-18 · resigned 1999-01-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property20/02/200204/12/2009

Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-20