ACTANOL SERVICE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
05187571 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-22
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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    SL24 LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  2. 2025-10-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-05-15
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    BULJEVIC-PARODY, Maria Valeria, Ms. resigned
    director
  8. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-03-01
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    SONNENHOLZNER, Korbinian Stanislaus, Mr. appointed
    director
  12. 2020-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-15
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    BULJEVIC-PARODY, Maria Valeria, Ms. appointed
    director
  16. 2017-09-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2017-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2004-07-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTANOL SERVICE LTD.
  21. 2004-07-22
    ➕
    WITT, Carsten Friedrich, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 2004-07-22
    ➕
    SL24 LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary

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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr. Carsten Witt
Individual · German · DOB 02/1941 · age 85
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/06/2016

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
Incorporated2004-07-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

The Picasso Building
Caldervale Road
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 5PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SONNENHOLZNER, Korbinian Stanislaus, Mr.→
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-03-01
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Active
WITT, Carsten Friedrich, Dr→
director · ~85y · appointed 2004-07-22
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Active
SL24 LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-07-22 · resigned 2025-10-22
Resigned
BULJEVIC-PARODY, Maria Valeria, Ms.→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-09-15 · resigned 2023-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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officers · TM02
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-17