ACTIVE NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04363799 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-30
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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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-10-22
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-20
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    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  4. 2025-04-22
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    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2025-04-14
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    address · AD01
  6. 2024-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-24
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-18
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  9. 2021-10-22
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  10. 2020-02-17
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  11. 2019-08-16
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  12. 2018-07-20
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  13. 2018-02-05
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    officers · CH03
  14. 2018-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-02-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-05-12
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-01-31
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  18. 2002-01-31
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  19. 2002-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  20. 2002-01-30
    ➕
    READ, Stuart Stanley appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-01-30
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Andrew John appointed
    director
  22. 2002-01-30
    ➕
    READ, Stuart Stanley appointed
    director
  23. 2002-01-30
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
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  24. 2002-01-30
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR 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 63 — 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 63. 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
Mr Andrew John Lawrence
Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Stanley Read
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

St James' Hall
Mill Road
Lancing
West Sussex
BN15 0PT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

READ, Stuart Stanley→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-30
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Active
LAWRENCE, Andrew John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-01-30
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Active
READ, Stuart Stanley→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-30 · resigned 2002-01-31
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-30 · resigned 2002-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
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gazette · DISS40
2025-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-05-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03