14A LTD

🌳Matureactive
04320160 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-09
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
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-10-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-04-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-04-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-05-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2023-05-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-04-06
    ➕
    AALBERS, Helena appointed
    director
  13. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-09-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-03-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-07-25
    ➖
    GREEN, Philip Leslie Wyndham resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-06-12
    ➖
    LYON, Mary Elizabeth Ann resigned
    director
  21. 2001-11-19
    ➕
    GRANT, Christopher Martin appointed
    director
  22. 2001-11-19
    ➕
    GREEN, Philip Leslie Wyndham appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-11-19
    ➕
    LYON, Mary Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  24. 2001-11-13
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-11-13
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 14A LTD
  27. 2001-11-09
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-11-09
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Ms Helena Aalbers
Individual · Dutch · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2023
Mr Christopher Martin Grant
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
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.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

9 Hare & Billet Road
London
SE3 0RB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

AALBERS, Helena→
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, Christopher Martin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREEN, Philip Leslie Wyndham→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-19 · resigned 2013-07-25
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-09 · resigned 2001-11-13
Resigned
LYON, Mary Elizabeth Ann→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-11-19 · resigned 2009-06-12
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-09 · resigned 2001-11-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-19