ALTERNATIVES ACTIVITY CENTRE

🌳Matureactive

04075948 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2000-09-21

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

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

88100Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
96040Physical well-being activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

32 officers (7 active, 32 linked, 28 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

125 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand

2026-01-20
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officers · TM01
2026-01-19
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O'ROURKE, Amanda resigned
director
2025-06-23
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accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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officers · AP01
2024-09-16
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O'ROURKE, Amanda appointed
director
2024-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-02-06
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officers · TM01
2024-02-06
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officers · TM01
2024-01-15
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MURTON, Amanda Clare resigned
director
2024-01-15
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MURTON, Linda resigned
director
2023-07-27
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accounts · AA
2023-04-17
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officers · CH03
2022-09-12
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accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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officers · TM01
2022-04-25
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GRAILEY, Catherine resigned
director
2022-03-23
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officers · TM01
2022-03-22
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officers · AP01
2022-03-22
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officers · AP01
2022-03-21
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JAMES, Laura appointed
director
2022-03-21
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MOYLAN, Richard appointed
director
2022-03-21
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LAWRENCE, Vinette Rose resigned
director
2022-03-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-23
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accounts · AA
2020-03-18
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MARSHALL, Alexandra appointed
secretary
2020-03-18
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JONES, Muriel Jane resigned
secretary
2020-03-18
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JONES, Muriel Jane resigned
director
2019-07-17
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MARSHALL, Alexandra appointed
director
2017-10-18
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GOTHERIDGE, Rebecca resigned
director
2016-03-16
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BOTHAM, Janice resigned
director
2016-03-16
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GRAILEY, Catherine appointed
director
2015-11-26
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BADHAM, Wilfred James resigned
director
2015-07-07
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BYWATER, Dennis resigned
director
2015-03-18
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HAHN, Stefanie resigned
director
2014-10-22
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MARSHALL, Hilary appointed
director
2014-07-23
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GOTHERIDGE, Hannah appointed
director
2014-02-19
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MURTON, Amanda Clare appointed
director
2014-02-16
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GOTHERIDGE, Rebecca appointed
director
2014-02-16
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MURTON, Linda appointed
director
2014-02-01
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HOLMES, Margaret resigned
director
2013-11-21
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MCLOUGHLIN, Kenneth Brian, Laird resigned
director
2012-05-31
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GOTHERIDGE, Julie resigned
director
2010-09-06
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EVANS, Joanna resigned
director
2010-03-24
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BARLOW, Gillian resigned
director
2010-03-24
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PARKER, Barry Graham resigned
director
2010-02-16
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EVANS, Joanna appointed
director
2009-03-18
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WATERS, Esther resigned
director
2008-12-01
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TAYLOR, Lynn resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Belinda Kirsten Hadfield Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	13/05/2024
Mrs Hilary Marshall Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/04/2024

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2000-09-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

St Augustines Church

Upper Dale Road

Normanton

Derby Derbyshire

DE23 8BP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-10

Last: 2025-09-26