ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06526046 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-06

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Physical well-being activities

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	36	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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-12
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HOLLOMAN, Penelope Anne appointed
director
2022-09-12
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STANLEY, Elanor April appointed
director
2022-09-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-14
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-04-01
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ALLAN, Catherine resigned
secretary
2008-03-06
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Company incorporated
As ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIMITED
2008-03-06
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ALLAN, John appointed
director
2008-03-06
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ALLAN, Catherine appointed
secretary
2008-03-06
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-03-06
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-03-06
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2008-03-06
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 John Allan Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/03/2017

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

Incorporated2008-03-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96040 — Physical well-being activities

Registered office

First Floor, The Foundation Herons Way

Chester Business Park

Chester

Cheshire

CH4 9GB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-20

Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ALLAN, John→

director · ~66y · appointed 2008-03-06

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Active

HOLLOMAN, Penelope Anne→

director · ~59y · appointed 2022-09-12

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Active

STANLEY, Elanor April→

director · ~41y · appointed 2022-09-12

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Active

ALLAN, Catherine→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-06 · resigned 2017-04-01

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-06 · resigned 2008-03-06

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-06 · resigned 2008-03-06

Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-15

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-07-05

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-07-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-07-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-27

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-10-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-18

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-03-18

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-13