ACTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04431540 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-03

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.11M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 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 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,108,251

Cash YoY

-8%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£950k

↓ 7.6% YoY

Net Worth

£1.1m

↑ 8.5% YoY

Current Assets

£1.5m

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.16M	£1.17M
Current assets	£1.50M	£1.52M
Cash	£950.0k	£1.03M
Debtors	£443.5k	£375.2k
Net assets	£1.11M	£1.02M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-11
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capital · SH08
2017-02-11
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capital · SH10
2017-01-27
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2016-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-10-17
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address · AD01
2002-05-03
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Company incorporated
As ACTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
2002-05-03
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LAMBTON, Mandy, Dr appointed
secretary
2002-05-03
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ROWE, Keith Antony appointed
director
2002-05-03
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SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-03
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SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-03
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SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-05-03
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SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Keith Antony Rowe Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Dr Mandy Lambton Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% 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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A.E.P. BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED→ 05864917 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
A&F DRYLINING LTD→ 12401633 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
AARCK-CON LTD→ 16669799 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AB CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED→ 16561614 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AB DEWSBURY LTD→ 13558853 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ABBEY BUILDERS (LONDON) LIMITED→ 04223108 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	—	—
ABHAY CONSTRUCTION LTD→ 15247918 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ACTIVE HOMES LTD→ 16973416 · est 2026 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ACUMEN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED→ 05205316 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-05-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

6/9 Rawcliffe House Howarth Road

Maidenhead

SL6 1AP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-17

Last: 2026-05-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LAMBTON, Mandy, Dr→

secretary · appointed 2002-05-03

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Active

ROWE, Keith Antony→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-05-03

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Active

SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2002-05-03

Resigned

SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2002-05-03

Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-06

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-03-12