ACTIVE OFFICE SEATING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04876099 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-22
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£64.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of office and shop furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £64,185
Cash YoY
+2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£132k
↑ 1.6% YoY
Net Worth
£64k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£363k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£73k£145k£218k£290k£363kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£177.5k£201.1k
Current assets£362.9k£321.4k
Cash£132.0k£129.9k
Debtors£230.9k£191.6k
Net assets£64.2k£52.8k

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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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  2. 2025-06-27
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  3. 2025-06-27
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  4. 2025-06-27
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  5. 2025-04-25
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  6. 2024-05-14
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  7. 2023-05-17
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  8. 2022-05-24
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  9. 2021-05-24
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  10. 2020-05-29
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  11. 2019-04-11
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  12. 2018-05-14
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  13. 2017-10-11
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  14. 2017-10-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-09-01
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    BENNETT, Dennis Sidney resigned
    director
  17. 2007-09-01
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    BENNETT, Dennis Sidney appointed
    director
  18. 2003-08-26
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  19. 2003-08-26
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  20. 2003-08-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE OFFICE SEATING LIMITED
  21. 2003-08-22
    ➕
    ANDREWS, Brian John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-08-22
    ➕
    ANDREWS, Brian John appointed
    director
  23. 2003-08-22
    ➕
    HURLEY, Philip Edward appointed
    director
  24. 2003-08-22
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-08-22
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Philip Edward Hurley
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Brian John Andrews
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
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
Incorporated2003-08-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31010 — Manufacture of office and shop furniture

Registered office

Spectrum House
2b Suttons Lane
Hornchurch
Essex
RM12 6RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-10
Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ANDREWS, Brian John→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-22
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Active
ANDREWS, Brian John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-08-22
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Active
HURLEY, Philip Edward→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2003-08-26
Resigned
BENNETT, Dennis Sidney→
director · ~85y · appointed 2007-09-01 · resigned 2010-09-01
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-22 · resigned 2003-08-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-29