ACTIS INSULATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05008629 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£10.54M
year to Dec 2023
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.5y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £325,567

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2023-12-31
Turnover£10.54M
Gross profit£3.26M
Profit before tax£325.6k
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-04-21
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-09-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-14
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  6. 2024-07-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-20
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2021-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-01
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2018-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-11
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2018-01-11
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  17. 2005-01-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Chancebutton Limited & Deletenumber Limited
  18. 2004-12-03
    ➕
    REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2004-05-14
    ➕
    MENRAS, Robert appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-05-14
    ➕
    THIERRY, Laurent appointed
    director
  21. 2004-05-14
    ➖
    MD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-05-14
    ➖
    MD DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-01-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACTIS INSULATION LIMITED
  24. 2004-01-07
    ➕
    MD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-01-07
    ➕
    MD DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Laurent Thierry
Individual · French · DOB 05/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/03/2017

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

1 Blossom Yard
Fourth Floor
London
E1 6RS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MENRAS, Robert→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-14
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Active
REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-03
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Active
THIERRY, Laurent→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-05-14
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Active
MD SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-07 · resigned 2004-05-14
Resigned
MD DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-07 · resigned 2004-05-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Chancebutton & Deletenumber
Chancebutton Limited & Deletenumber Limited
Deed of rent deposit1 property12/01/2005—
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Recent filings (80 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-08-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-15