ACTION P & M LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07038798 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-13
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£156.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -81% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £156,949
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,043 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 81% YoY
Cash YoY
-81%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£19k
↓ 81% YoY
Net Worth
£157k
↓ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£141k
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£32k£64k£95k£127k£159kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£165.6k£164.4k
Current assets£141.0k£134.0k
Cash£19.5k£102.0k
Debtors£68.8k£12.1k
Net assets£156.9k£159.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-17
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  3. 2024-01-25
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  4. 2023-03-27
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  5. 2022-07-27
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  6. 2022-07-26
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  7. 2022-07-21
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    ENGLISH, Stuart appointed
    director
  8. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-06
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  10. 2019-02-13
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  11. 2018-07-25
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  12. 2017-06-14
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  13. 2016-12-20
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  14. 2016-12-20
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  15. 2016-12-19
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    IRVING, Gillian appointed
    director
  16. 2016-12-19
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    ENGLISH, Stuart resigned
    director
  17. 2016-07-29
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  18. 2015-10-15
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  19. 2009-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTION P & M LIMITED
  20. 2009-10-13
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    IRVING, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-10-13
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    ENGLISH, Stuart appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-13
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    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  23. 2009-10-13
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart English
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Berrymoor Court
Northumberland Bus Park
Cramlington
Northumberland
NE23 7RZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

IRVING, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-13
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Active
ENGLISH, Stuart→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IRVING, Gillian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ENGLISH, Stuart→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-10-13 · resigned 2016-12-19
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2009-10-13 · resigned 2009-10-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-20