ACTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY LTD

🌳Matureactive
04737642 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-17
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£33.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £33,878
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£37k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Net Worth
£34k
↑ 2.2% YoY
Current Assets
£42k
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£17k£25k£34k£42kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£33.9k£33.2k
Current assets£41.7k£42.4k
Cash£36.5k£33.6k
Debtors£5.2k£8.8k
Net assets£33.9k£33.2k

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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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
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  2. 2025-01-27
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  3. 2024-01-11
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  4. 2023-01-26
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  5. 2021-12-17
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  6. 2021-01-06
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  7. 2020-10-30
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  8. 2019-12-11
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  9. 2019-01-10
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  10. 2018-10-04
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  11. 2018-09-27
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    HULBERT, Lauren resigned
    director
  12. 2017-12-12
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  13. 2016-10-19
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  14. 2016-04-21
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  15. 2015-12-07
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  16. 2015-12-01
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    HULBERT, Alan appointed
    director
  17. 2015-12-01
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    HULBERT, Lauren appointed
    director
  18. 2014-09-01
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    HULBERT, Catherine Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2008-05-01
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    HULBERT, Catherine Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-05-01
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    HULBERT, Richard James appointed
    director
  21. 2008-05-01
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    NYGARD, Atle resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-05-01
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    EGE, Arild resigned
    director
  23. 2005-01-01
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    NYGARD, Atle appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-09-08
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    BURKE, John resigned
    secretary
  25. 2003-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY LTD
  26. 2003-04-17
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    BURKE, John appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-04-17
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    EGE, Arild appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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 Richard Hulbert
Individual · British · DOB 08/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

8 Thornham Close
Bury
Lancashire
BL8 1HH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

HULBERT, Catherine Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HULBERT, Alan→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-12-01
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Active
HULBERT, Catherine Elizabeth→
director · ~79y · appointed 2014-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HULBERT, Richard James→
director · ~41y · appointed 2008-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURKE, John→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-17 · resigned 2004-09-08
Resigned
NYGARD, Atle→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-01 · resigned 2008-05-01
Resigned
EGE, Arild→
director · ~49y · appointed 2003-04-17 · resigned 2008-05-01
Resigned
HULBERT, Lauren→
director · ~37y · appointed 2015-12-01 · resigned 2018-09-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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2025-06-17
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2025-01-27
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2024-06-28
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2024-01-11
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2023-05-25
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2023-01-26
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2022-09-23
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2021-12-17
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2021-09-20
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2021-09-14
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2021-02-04
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accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28