CROYDON BME FORUM

🌳Matureactive

04996963 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-12-16

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£743.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -31% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 1.4y

10/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (7 active, 17 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £743,538

Net assets shrinking

Down £53,368 YoY

Cash YoY

-31%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£516k

↓ 31% YoY

Net Worth

£744k

↓ 6.7% YoY

Current Assets

£897k

↓ 7.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£996.2k	£796.9k
Current assets	£897.0k	£971.8k
Cash	£515.8k	£749.6k
Debtors	£381.2k	£222.2k
Net assets	£743.5k	£796.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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officers · TM01
2026-04-01
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HAYDEN, Markieu Saphiatou resigned
director
2025-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
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officers · TM01
2025-09-01
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BALEERA, Baridakara Samuel resigned
director
2025-03-01
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mortgage · MR01
2025-02-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2025-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
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mortgage · MR01
2025-01-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2024-10-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-01
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SMITH, Diane appointed
director
2024-04-01
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BALEERA, Baridakara Samuel appointed
director
2024-04-01
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HAYDEN, Markieu Saphiatou appointed
director
2024-03-04
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-19
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-31
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REID, Peter Patrick resigned
director
2023-07-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-18
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WALSH, Yvonne resigned
director
2023-03-20
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officers · AP01
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
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WALSH, Yvonne appointed
director
2022-03-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-07
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PATEL, Maltiben appointed
director
2021-12-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-01
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MIRZA, Ghazala appointed
director
2021-12-01
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WITTER, Viviene Elaine appointed
director
2020-01-19
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LEWIS, Paulette Beatrice appointed
director
2016-08-30
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ALLISON, Albertha resigned
secretary
2016-08-30
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ALLISON, Albertha resigned
director
2007-07-18
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HANSON, Victor George resigned
director
2006-02-21
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CHANDRABABU, Vidyadharan appointed
director
2006-02-21
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KUMAR, Ashok appointed
director
2006-02-21
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ALLISON, Albertha appointed
secretary
2006-02-21
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REID, Peter Patrick appointed
director
2006-02-21
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WITTER, Karen Ann-Marie resigned
director
2005-09-22
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ROSE, Albert Richard resigned
secretary
2004-11-24
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BHATTI, Mahbub Sadiq resigned
director
2003-12-16
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Company incorporated
As CROYDON BME FORUM
2003-12-16
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ROSE, Albert Richard appointed
secretary
2003-12-16
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ALLISON, Albertha appointed
director
2003-12-16
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BHATTI, Mahbub Sadiq appointed
director
2003-12-16
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HANSON, Victor George appointed
director
2003-12-16
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WITTER, Karen Ann-Marie appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BALEERA, Baridakara Samuel resigned 2025-09-01; HAYDEN, Markieu Saphiatou resigned 2026-04-01

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Paulette Beatrice Lewis Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	17/04/2019

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Peter Patrick Reidceased 31/07/2023· significant influence · trust interest
Mr Peter Patrick Reidceased 24/07/2018· significant influence · trust interest
Mr. Nero Ughwujaboceased 08/02/2018· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2003-12-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

56a Mitcham Road

Croydon

CR0 3RG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-27

Last: 2025-12-13