ACTIVE 8 SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05680237 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-19
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
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£4.10M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 84120
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · oldest 18.7y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £4,104,700
Cash YoY
-26%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£287k
↓ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£4.1m
↑ 6.3% YoY
Current Assets
£2.6m
↑ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.14M | £3.93M |
| Current assets | £2.62M | £2.49M |
| Cash | £287.2k | £389.7k |
| Debtors | £2.34M | £2.10M |
| Net assets | £4.10M | £3.86M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-16➖AFFLICK, Stanley Thomas resigneddirector
- 2023-06-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-13➕AFFLICK, Stanley Thomas appointeddirector
- 2022-10-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-01-08🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2009-01-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2008-09-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2007-09-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2006-06-26➕ALI, Idris Muhsin Saleh appointeddirector
- 2006-01-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTIVE 8 SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
- 2006-01-19➕ALI, Idris Muhsin Saleh appointedsecretary
- 2006-01-19➕ALI, Adelah appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Adelah Ali Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 30/06/2016 |
Mr Idris Muhsin Saleh Ali Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC84120 — SIC 84120
Registered office
125-127 High Street
Wavertree
Liverpool
L15 8JS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
ALI, Idris Muhsin Saleh→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-01-19
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Active
ALI, Idris Muhsin Saleh→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2006-06-26
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AFFLICK, Stanley Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2022-10-13 · resigned 2023-06-16
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 08/01/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 08/01/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/09/2008 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 21/09/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (61 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-16