ACTIVE CONNEXIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04359327 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-23

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£40.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

61100Wired telecommunications activities
62020Information technology consultancy activities
95110Repair of computers and peripheral equipment

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £40,864

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£41k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£63k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£52.8k	£34.8k
Current assets	£62.8k	£54.8k
Net assets	£40.9k	£33.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2024-12-20
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2022-12-22
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2021-12-22
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2021-01-21
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2019-12-13
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2018-11-12
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2017-10-30
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accounts · AA
2016-12-09
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accounts · AA
2016-02-15
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-22
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capital · SH01
2015-11-12
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accounts · AA
2015-01-23
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2014-08-07
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2008-01-01
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BROTHERSTON, Sarah Margaret appointed
director
2008-01-01
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BROTHERSTON, Wendy Margaret resigned
director
2002-01-23
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Company incorporated
As ACTIVE CONNEXIONS LIMITED
2002-01-23
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BROTHERSTON, Derek Robert appointed
secretary
2002-01-23
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BROTHERSTON, Derek Robert appointed
director
2002-01-23
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-01-23
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-01-23
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BROTHERSTON, Wendy Margaret appointed
director
2002-01-23
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-01-23
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+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 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 65. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Derek Robert Brotherston Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2002-01-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

40 Orchard Road

Hook Norton

Oxfordshire

OX15 5LX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BROTHERSTON, Derek Robert→

secretary · appointed 2002-01-23

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Active

BROTHERSTON, Derek Robert→

director · ~65y · appointed 2002-01-23

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Active

BROTHERSTON, Sarah Margaret→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-01-01

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-23 · resigned 2002-01-23

Resigned

BROTHERSTON, Wendy Margaret→

director · ~74y · appointed 2002-01-23 · resigned 2008-01-01

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-23 · resigned 2002-01-23

Resigned

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