ACTION BPM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07041672 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-14
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£46.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plastering
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43320Joinery installation
  • 43910Roofing activities
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 (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -66% 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, 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
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
44 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 £46,926
Cash draining
Cash down 66% YoY
Cash YoY
-66%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 66% YoY
Net Worth
£47k
↑ 1.6% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£11k£22k£33k£43k£54kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£46.9k£46.2k
Current assets£54.4k£48.4k
Cash£1.6k£4.8k
Debtors£42.7k£37.6k
Net assets£46.9k£46.2k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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  2. 2026-01-14
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  3. 2025-10-16
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  4. 2025-01-17
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  5. 2024-01-25
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  6. 2023-03-27
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  7. 2022-07-27
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  8. 2022-07-26
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  9. 2022-07-21
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    ENGLISH, Stuart appointed
    director
  10. 2021-07-30
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  11. 2020-03-06
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  12. 2019-02-13
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  13. 2018-07-25
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  14. 2017-06-14
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  15. 2016-12-20
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  16. 2016-12-20
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  17. 2016-12-19
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    IRVING, Gillian appointed
    director
  18. 2016-12-19
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    ENGLISH, Stuart resigned
    director
  19. 2009-10-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTION BPM LIMITED
  20. 2009-10-14
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    IRVING, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-10-14
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    ENGLISH, Stuart appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-14
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    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  23. 2009-10-14
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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
Incorporated2009-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43310 — Plastering

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: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

IRVING, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-14
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Active
ENGLISH, Stuart→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-07-21
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Active
IRVING, Gillian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-12-19
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Active
ENGLISH, Stuart→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-10-14 · resigned 2016-12-19
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2009-10-14 · resigned 2009-10-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-27
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
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
2020-10-20