ACTIVE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05352085 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-03
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 13.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£244k£487k£731k£974k£1.2mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets—£1.28M
Current assets—£845.1k
Cash—£446.5k
Debtors—£398.6k
Net assets—£1.22M
Average employees0—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-12
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-28
    ➕
    ADAMS, Sandra appointed
    director
  14. 2016-06-28
    ➕
    ADAMS, Teresa appointed
    director
  15. 2016-06-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-06-28
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-06-28
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2016-06-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2012-11-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  20. 2005-02-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE HOLDINGS LIMITED
  21. 2005-02-03
    ➕
    ADAMS, Mark appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-02-03
    ➕
    ADAMS, Mark appointed
    director
  23. 2005-02-03
    ➕
    ADAMS, Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2005-02-03
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-02-03
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    secretary
  26. 2005-02-03
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    director
  27. 2005-02-03
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Adams
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/02/2017
Mr Paul Adams
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/02/2017

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
Incorporated2005-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

46 Coneygre Industrial Estate
Tipton
West Midlands
DY4 8XP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

ADAMS, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-03
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Active
ADAMS, Mark→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-02-03
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Active
ADAMS, Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-02-03
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Active
ADAMS, Sandra→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-06-28
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Active
ADAMS, Teresa→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-03 · resigned 2005-02-03
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-02-03 · resigned 2005-02-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage deed1 property19/11/201228/06/2016

Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-04