ACTUM VENTURES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05840967 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-08

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£6.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £6,060

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,257 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 46% YoY

Cash YoY

-46%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£21k

↓ 46% YoY

Net Worth

£6k

↓ 46% YoY

Current Assets

£21k

↓ 47% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£6.1k	£11.3k
Current assets	£21.4k	£40.3k
Cash	£21.2k	£39.5k
Debtors	£261	£790
Net assets	£6.1k	£11.3k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-06-19
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2023-04-13
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2022-03-21
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2021-07-09
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2020-07-13
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2019-06-13
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2018-06-19
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2017-05-04
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2016-07-18
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2016-02-03
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2015-02-04
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officers · CH01
2010-11-01
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PAPAGEORGIOU, Spyridon appointed
director
2010-11-01
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PAPAGEORGIOU, Vasileios resigned
director
2006-06-08
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Company incorporated
As ACTUM VENTURES LIMITED
2006-06-08
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RCFM LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-06-08
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QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-06-08
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QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-06-08
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PAPAGEORGIOU, Vasileios appointed
director
2006-06-08
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QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-06-08
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QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Spyridon Papageorgiou Individual · Greek · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-06-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Hartfield Place

40-44 High Street

Northwood

Middlesex

HA6 1BN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-08

Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

RCFM LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-06-08

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Active

PAPAGEORGIOU, Spyridon→

director · ~62y · appointed 2010-11-01

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Active

QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2006-06-08

Resigned

PAPAGEORGIOU, Vasileios→

director · ~57y · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2010-11-01

Resigned

QA NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2006-06-08

Resigned

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