ACTUATE (MANAGEMENT SERVICES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05970774 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-18
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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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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  2. 2024-06-23
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  3. 2023-06-27
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  4. 2022-06-23
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  5. 2021-06-02
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  6. 2020-07-02
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  7. 2019-07-03
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  8. 2018-07-12
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  9. 2017-07-07
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  10. 2016-06-29
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  11. 2015-12-14
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  12. 2015-07-02
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  13. 2014-12-08
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  14. 2014-07-04
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  15. 2013-12-05
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  16. 2006-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTUATE (MANAGEMENT SERVICES) LIMITED
  17. 2006-10-18
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    ARTHUR, Rhys Anthony appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-18
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    ARTHUR, Rhys Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2006-10-18
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    ARTHUR, Sandra Dawn appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rhys Anthony Arthur
Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

2 Llys Ty Mawr
Treoes
Vale Of Glamorgan
CF35 5EQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ARTHUR, Rhys Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-18
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ARTHUR, Rhys Anthony→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-10-18
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ARTHUR, Sandra Dawn→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-10-18
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Recent filings (41 total)

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2025-10-30
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2025-06-27
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2024-11-20
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2024-06-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
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accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
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2022-06-23
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2021-11-15
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2021-06-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
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accounts · AA
2020-07-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-26
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accounts · AA
2019-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-20