ACTIVE INFORMATICS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06720040 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-09
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
70 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
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees14001400

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

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-31
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  3. 2025-06-27
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    KRASKER, Paul Andrew resigned
    director
  4. 2025-06-27
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-02
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  8. 2023-10-02
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  9. 2023-10-02
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  10. 2023-01-12
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    address · AD01
  11. 2022-10-12
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  12. 2022-02-03
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  13. 2020-11-19
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  14. 2019-09-11
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  15. 2019-02-07
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  16. 2019-01-23
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  17. 2018-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-11-14
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    AINSWORTH, Steven Mark resigned
    director
  19. 2013-04-30
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    SMITH, Michele resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-03-15
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    KRASKER, Paul Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2010-04-30
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    LAMBERT, Stewart Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 2010-04-30
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    AINSWORTH, Steven Mark appointed
    director
  23. 2010-03-31
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    SMITH, Michele appointed
    secretary
  24. 2009-05-04
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    CHAMPION, Paul Raymond resigned
    director
  25. 2008-11-12
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    CHAMPION, Paul Raymond appointed
    director
  26. 2008-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE INFORMATICS LTD
  27. 2008-10-09
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    SMITH, Paul Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Stephen Smith
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Michele Linda Smith
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-10-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Belvedere House
Basing View
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 4HG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LAMBERT, Stewart Alexander→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Paul Stephen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Michele→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2013-04-30
Resigned
AINSWORTH, Steven Mark→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-04-30 · resigned 2014-11-14
Resigned
CHAMPION, Paul Raymond→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-11-12 · resigned 2009-05-04
Resigned
KRASKER, Paul Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-03-15 · resigned 2025-06-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-03