A CALL TO BUSINESS

🌳Matureactive
04247153 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2001-07-05
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of religious organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
16 officers (9 active, 16 linked, 12 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
89 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees0100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-08-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-07-11
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-07-11
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2025-07-09
    THORNBURY, Dusica appointed
    secretary
  8. 2025-07-09
    HARBER, Ben resigned
    secretary
  9. 2025-06-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-06-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-04-25
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2023-07-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-10-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-10-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-10-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-07-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2022-07-08
    PROUDFOOT, Andrew James resigned
    director
  18. 2022-04-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-03-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-03-03
    SZKILER, Nicholas John resigned
    director
  22. 2020-08-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-02-15
    HARBER, Ben appointed
    secretary
  24. 2018-02-15
    SUTTON, Marjorie Anne resigned
    secretary
  25. 2017-08-01
    CORLEY, Benjamin David appointed
    director
  26. 2013-08-14
    WENHAM, Paul Gordon appointed
    director
  27. 2013-08-14
    PROUDFOOT, Andrew James appointed
    director
  28. 2011-06-07
    CHRISTENSON, Mark Charles appointed
    director
  29. 2011-06-07
    GIANNI, Michael David appointed
    director
  30. 2011-06-07
    TANNER, Ian Robert appointed
    director
  31. 2011-06-07
    TAYLOR, Alexander Robert appointed
    director
  32. 2011-06-07
    THOMPSON, Lee Ann appointed
    director
  33. 2011-06-07
    SZKILER, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  34. 2010-05-04
    SEGEL, David Alexander resigned
    director
  35. 2008-11-09
    MELDRUM, James Aikman Crawford resigned
    director
  36. 2002-02-28
    SUTTON, Marjorie Anne appointed
    secretary
  37. 2002-02-28
    OVALSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  38. 2001-07-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A CALL TO BUSINESS
  39. 2001-07-05
    SZKILER, Paul Nigel appointed
    director
  40. 2001-07-05
    OVALSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  41. 2001-07-05
    MELDRUM, James Aikman Crawford appointed
    director
  42. 2001-07-05
    SEGEL, David Alexander appointed
    director

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
  • -8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Other · WA postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
09028845 LTD
09028845 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
09229272 LTD.
09229272 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
09963222 LIMITED
09963222 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
10y
1010 PRODUCTS LIMITED
03402920 · est 1997 · no financials extracted
28y
1519 LOGISTICS LIMITED
14265044 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
2010 DECONSTRUCTION LIMITED
07226971 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y
2010 DECONSTRUCTION RECORDS LIMITED
07229695 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y
24-7 PROJECTS LTD
06870732 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
17y
4C SOLUTIONS LIMITED
13129842 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
57 STARS UK LTD
14895054 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
8 MOORGATE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
LP014720 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
14y
A GARRATT SAFETY SERVICES LTD
13490532 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2001-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94910 — Activities of religious organisations

Registered office

Suite 6, Denzell House
Dunham Road, Bowdon
Altrincham
WA14 4QE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (9 active · 7 resigned)

THORNBURY, Dusica
secretary · appointed 2025-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHRISTENSON, Mark Charles
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORLEY, Benjamin David
director · ~35y · appointed 2017-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIANNI, Michael David
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SZKILER, Paul Nigel
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TANNER, Ian Robert
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Alexander Robert
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Lee Ann
director · ~70y · appointed 2011-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WENHAM, Paul Gordon
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARBER, Ben
secretary · appointed 2018-02-15 · resigned 2025-07-09
Resigned
SUTTON, Marjorie Anne
secretary · appointed 2002-02-28 · resigned 2018-02-15
Resigned
OVALSEC LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-07-05 · resigned 2002-02-28
Resigned
MELDRUM, James Aikman Crawford
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-07-05 · resigned 2008-11-09
Resigned
PROUDFOOT, Andrew James
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-08-14 · resigned 2022-07-08
Resigned
SEGEL, David Alexander
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-07-05 · resigned 2010-05-04
Resigned
SZKILER, Nicholas John
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-06-07 · resigned 2021-03-03
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (89 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-11
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-05