ACTIVE CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03916600 · ltd · incorporated 2000-01-31
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
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-31
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  3. 2023-10-09
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  4. 2022-10-21
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  5. 2021-11-08
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-09-22
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-02-11
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    address · AD01
  13. 2016-01-05
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    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2016-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-29
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    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2005-04-15
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    AKERS, Michele appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-04-15
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    AKERS, Michele appointed
    director
  18. 2005-04-15
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    ELLIOTT, Tanya Larise resigned
    secretary
  19. 2000-02-02
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    AKERS, Nathan Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2000-02-02
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, Tanya Larise appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-02-02
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    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-02-02
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    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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  23. 2000-01-31
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE CONSULTING LIMITED
  24. 2000-01-31
    ➕
    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-01-31
    ➕
    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Nathan Andrew Akers
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Michele Akers
Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51
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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Highfields South Grove Drive
Hoyland
Barnsley
South Yorks
S74 9DY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

AKERS, Michele→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-15
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Active
AKERS, Michele→
director · ~51y · appointed 2005-04-15
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Active
AKERS, Nathan Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-02-02
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Active
ELLIOTT, Tanya Larise→
secretary · appointed 2000-02-02 · resigned 2005-04-15
Resigned
ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-01-31 · resigned 2000-02-02
Resigned
ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-01-31 · resigned 2000-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

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2025-10-23
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2025-09-24
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accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
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accounts · AA
2023-10-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-13