ACTIVE TELECOMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04653105 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-30
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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, 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2019-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE TELECOMS LIMITED
  17. 2003-01-30
    ➕
    PAINE, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-01-30
    ➕
    HARRIS, Timothy Charles appointed
    director
  19. 2003-01-30
    ➕
    PAINE, Christopher James appointed
    director
  20. 2003-01-30
    ➕
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-01-30
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    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-01-30
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    QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-01-30
    ➖
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher James Paine
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2003-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

Lydmore House
Saint Anns Fort
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 2EU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PAINE, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-30
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Active
HARRIS, Timothy Charles→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-01-30
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Active
PAINE, Christopher James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-30 · resigned 2003-01-30
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-30 · resigned 2003-01-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-12