ACCTIVA LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04322670 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-14
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 19.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£35.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other software publishing
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62020Information technology consultancy activities
- 62090Other information technology service activities
- 63110Data processing, hosting and related activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 19.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £35,534
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£36k
Current Assets
£32k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £108.9k | — |
| Current assets | £31.9k | — |
| Net assets | £35.5k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-09-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-09-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2018-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2007-06-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2003-02-07➖MCKENZIE SMART, Andrew Neil resignedsecretary
- 2003-01-25➖WILLIAMS, Tatyana resigneddirector
- 2003-01-01➕SAOULIS, Andrew Thomas appointeddirector
- 2002-12-24➖WILLIAMS, Kelvin resigneddirector
- 2002-02-07➕SAOULIS, Andrew appointedsecretary
- 2002-02-01➕ARMASHULA, Gennadiy appointeddirector
- 2002-01-01➕WILLIAMS, Kelvin appointeddirector
- 2001-11-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCTIVA LIMITED
- 2001-11-14➕MCKENZIE SMART, Andrew Neil appointedsecretary
- 2001-11-14➕THOMAS, Howard appointednominee-secretary
- 2001-11-14➖THOMAS, Howard resignednominee-secretary
- 2001-11-14➕TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointednominee-director
- 2001-11-14➖TESTER, William Andrew Joseph resignednominee-director
- 2001-11-14➕WILLIAMS, Tatyana appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Saoulis Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 07/09/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- First Middlegate Ltdceased 09/09/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Chancery Trustees Limitedceased 09/09/2021· 50-75% shares · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58290 — Other software publishing
Registered office
Ground Flooor, 21 York Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1SQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
Active
ARMASHULA, Gennadiy→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2002-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SAOULIS, Andrew Thomas→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2003-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKENZIE SMART, Andrew Neil→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-11-14 · resigned 2003-02-07
THOMAS, Howard→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-14 · resigned 2001-11-14
TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→
Resignednominee-director · ~64y · appointed 2001-11-14 · resigned 2001-11-14
WILLIAMS, Kelvin→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2002-01-01 · resigned 2002-12-24
WILLIAMS, Tatyana→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2001-11-14 · resigned 2003-01-25
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 22/06/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (83 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-08