ACTIVE PIXELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05081009 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£8k£17k£25k£33k£41kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£33.0k
Current assets—£41.3k
Net assets—£33.0k
Average employees2—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-05
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-28
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-03-06
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  12. 2018-03-02
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-02-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-02-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-02-23
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-02-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2013-04-06
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    RONAN, Anne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2012-02-01
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    RONAN, Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-02-01
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    RONAN, Valerie Brenda resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-03-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE PIXELS LIMITED
  21. 2004-03-23
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    RONAN, Sean Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 2004-03-23
    ➕
    RONAN, Valerie Brenda appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Sean Anthony Ronan
Individual · English · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control28/04/2016
Anne Elizabeth Ronan
Individual · English · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control28/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Aldridge Cottage
Bishops Frome
Herefordshire
WR6 5BY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

RONAN, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2012-02-01
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Active
RONAN, Anne Elizabeth→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-04-06
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Active
RONAN, Sean Anthony→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RONAN, Valerie Brenda→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-23 · resigned 2012-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
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accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20