ACTIV CYCLES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05253748 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 13 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
11
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 3 officers
- • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-01-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-01-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-01-15➕PAYNE, Colin Leonard appointeddirector
- 2026-01-15➕SAGE, Ashley Paul appointeddirector
- 2026-01-15➖LLOYD, Ian resigneddirector
- 2025-11-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-17➖LLOYD, Kim Rosamond resignedsecretary
- 2025-06-17📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-04-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-14✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-09-03➖BURTON, Deborah Lynne resignedsecretary
- 2021-09-03➕LLOYD, Kim Rosamond appointedsecretary
- 2021-09-03➖BURTON, Stephen James resigneddirector
- 2021-09-03➕LLOYD, Ian appointeddirector
- 2004-10-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTIV CYCLES LIMITED
- 2004-10-07➕BURTON, Deborah Lynne appointedsecretary
- 2004-10-07➕GRAEME, Dorothy May appointednominee-secretary
- 2004-10-07➖GRAEME, Dorothy May resignednominee-secretary
- 2004-10-07➕BURTON, Stephen James appointeddirector
- 2004-10-07➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointednominee-director
- 2004-10-07➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·2 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: LLOYD, Kim Rosamond resigned 2025-06-17; LLOYD, Ian resigned 2026-01-15
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Colin Leonard Payne Individual · British · DOB 04/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 15/01/2026 |
Mr Ashley Paul Sage Individual · British · DOB 12/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 15/01/2026 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Ian Lloydceased 15/01/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mr Stephen James Burtonceased 03/09/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Registered office
Units 1 & 2 Kingfisher Business Centre
Henwood
Ashford
Kent
TN24 8DG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
PAYNE, Colin Leonard→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2026-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SAGE, Ashley Paul→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2026-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURTON, Deborah Lynne→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-10-07 · resigned 2021-09-03
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-07 · resigned 2004-10-07
LLOYD, Kim Rosamond→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2021-09-03 · resigned 2025-06-17
BURTON, Stephen James→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2004-10-07 · resigned 2021-09-03
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
Resignednominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2004-10-07 · resigned 2004-10-07
LLOYD, Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2021-09-03 · resigned 2026-01-15
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Recent filings (75 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-18