ACTION DRY EMERGENCY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04632049 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-09
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
£792.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £792,301
Cash YoY
-23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£340k
↓ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£792k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£699k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£166k£332k£498k£664k£830kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£859.2k£854.9k
Current assets£699.4k£830.3k
Cash£339.7k£440.7k
Debtors£315.5k£325.0k
Net assets£792.3k£781.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-12-16
    ➕
    HABBERSHAW, Maureen Mary appointed
    director
  6. 2022-12-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-31
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2022-05-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-05-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-05-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTION DRY EMERGENCY SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2003-01-09
    ➕
    HABBERSHAW, Maureen Mary appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-01-09
    ➕
    HABBERSHAW, Andrew Charles appointed
    director
  20. 2003-01-09
    ➕
    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-01-09
    ➖
    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-01-09
    ➕
    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-01-09
    ➖
    SDG REGISTRARS 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 23 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Charles Habbershaw
Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Maureen Mary Habbershaw
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
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
Incorporated2003-01-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Riverside House
1-5 Como Street
Romford
Essex
RM7 7DN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HABBERSHAW, Maureen Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HABBERSHAW, Andrew Charles→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HABBERSHAW, Maureen Mary→
director · ~68y · appointed 2022-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-09 · resigned 2003-01-09
Resigned
SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-09 · resigned 2003-01-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21