ACTIVE8EVENTS (UK) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04195256 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-05

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-4.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -97% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £4,023

Net assets shrinking

Down £19,521 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 97% YoY

Cash YoY

-97%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£363

↓ 97% YoY

Net Worth

-£4k

↓ 126% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

↓ 90% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£2.0k	£27.1k
Current assets	£1.3k	£13.0k
Cash	£363	£10.9k
Debtors	£916	£2.0k
Net assets	£-4.0k	£15.5k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-21
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accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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accounts · AA
2022-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-14
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officers · CH03
2019-06-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-13
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-15
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annual-return · AR01
2001-04-05
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Company incorporated
As ACTIVE8EVENTS (UK) LIMITED
2001-04-05
➕
WILSON, Margaret appointed
secretary
2001-04-05
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WILSON, John Andrew appointed
director
2001-04-05
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-04-05
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-04-05
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-04-05
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
John Andrew Wilson Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-04-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Mason Court Gillan Way

Penrith 40 Business Park

Penrith

Cumbria

CA11 9GR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-19

Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WILSON, Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-05

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Active

WILSON, John Andrew→

director · ~58y · appointed 2001-04-05

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-05 · resigned 2001-04-05

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-05 · resigned 2001-04-05

Resigned

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