10ACT LTD

🌳Matureactive

05617099 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-09

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£641.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Web portals

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.4y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £641,813

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£699k

Net Worth

£642k

Current Assets

£2.0m

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£641.8k	—
Current assets	£2.02M	—
Cash	£699.5k	—
Debtors	£1.32M	—
Net assets	£641.8k	—
Average employees	—	4200

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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accounts · AA
2025-04-08
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accounts · AA
2024-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-10
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capital · SH01
2023-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-19
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officers · TM01
2023-02-04
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MURRAY, William John Howard resigned
director
2022-08-11
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accounts · AA
2022-06-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-05-29
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capital · SH01
2017-11-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2014-03-24
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BLAKE, David John appointed
director
2013-01-01
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MURRAY, William John Howard appointed
director
2012-12-17
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THOMAS, Gareth David appointed
director
2007-11-20
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HORWOOD, Patricia Margaret resigned
secretary
2006-04-11
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HORWOOD, Patricia Margaret appointed
secretary
2005-11-09
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Company incorporated
As 10ACT LTD
2005-11-09
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HORWOOD, Jeremy Arthur appointed
secretary
2005-11-09
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HORWOOD, Jeremy Arthur appointed
director
2005-11-09
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HORWOOD, Patricia Margaret appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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 20 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

90/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jeremy Arthur Horwood Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71	—	50–75%	50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Patricia Margaret Horwood Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-11-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC63120 — Web portals

Registered office

Ground Floor West 2 4 Benham Road

Southampton Science Park

Southampton So16 7qj

SO16 7QJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-23

Last: 2025-11-09