ACTIVE ALLIANCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05200677 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-09
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
£-1.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,695
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,473 YoY
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 318% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k£2k£5k£9k£12k£15kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-1.7k£778
Current assets£11.5k£15.3k
Cash£2.8k£3.4k
Debtors£683£2.3k
Net assets£-1.7k£778

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-19
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  6. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-08-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-09-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-09-28
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    STREETS FINANCIAL CONSULTING PLC resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2007-08-31
    ➖
    BENT, Matthew Justin resigned
    director
  18. 2007-08-23
    ➕
    BENT, Christopher appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-08-23
    ➕
    BENT, Christopher appointed
    director
  20. 2007-08-23
    ➕
    BENT, James Christian appointed
    director
  21. 2004-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE ALLIANCE LIMITED
  22. 2004-08-09
    ➕
    STREETS FINANCIAL CONSULTING PLC appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2004-08-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-08-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-08-09
    ➕
    BENT, Matthew Justin appointed
    director
  26. 2004-08-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2004-08-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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
Mr Christopher Bent
Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr James Christian Bent
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
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
Incorporated2004-08-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

47 Caverstede Road
Walton
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE4 6EX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BENT, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENT, Christopher→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENT, James Christian→
director · ~46y · appointed 2007-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STREETS FINANCIAL CONSULTING PLC→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-08-09 · resigned 2007-09-28
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-09 · resigned 2004-08-09
Resigned
BENT, Matthew Justin→
director · ~44y · appointed 2004-08-09 · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-09 · resigned 2004-08-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-10