ACTIONLINE RESEARCH AND TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04414629 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-11
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
81 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
80
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  7. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-04-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2017-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-03-31
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    SUTTON, Christopher John appointed
    director
  17. 2002-10-01
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    SUTTON, Christopher appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    SUTTON, Jean appointed
    director
  19. 2002-10-01
    ➖
    COOPER, Barbara resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-10-01
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    MORGAN, Richard Douglas resigned
    director
  21. 2002-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIONLINE RESEARCH AND TRAINING LIMITED
  22. 2002-04-11
    ➕
    COOPER, Barbara appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-04-11
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-04-11
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    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-04-11
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    MORGAN, Richard Douglas appointed
    director
  26. 2002-04-11
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    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-04-11
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    WILDMAN & BATTELL 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 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 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 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jean Sutton
Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

308 Ewell Road
Surbiton
KT6 7AL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SUTTON, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTTON, Christopher John→
director · ~42y · appointed 2011-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTTON, Jean→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Barbara→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2002-10-01
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2002-04-11
Resigned
MORGAN, Richard Douglas→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2002-10-01
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2002-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-21