ACQUIRE YOUR BUSINESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07178722 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-04
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
£1.82M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
21 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
77
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 £1,824,524

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£228k
Net Worth
£1.8m
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£365k£730k£1.1m£1.5m£1.8mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£227.6k—
Net assets£1.82M—
Average employees—200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
3
filings
  • • 3 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-05-14
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-05-14
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-05-02
    ➕
    ARMES, Matthew Nicholas appointed
    director
  5. 2026-05-02
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Benjamin Charles appointed
    director
  6. 2026-04-08
    ➖
    FELLOWS, Edward William resigned
    director
  7. 2026-01-26
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2026-01-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2026-01-19
    ➕
    FELLOWS, Edward William appointed
    director
  10. 2025-12-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2025-12-12
    ➖
    SKINNER, Robert James resigned
    director
  12. 2025-03-13
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2024-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-11-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-12-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-06-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2020-11-24
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  20. 2020-11-24
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2020-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-09-09
    ➕
    SKINNER, Robert James appointed
    director
  23. 2020-09-09
    ➖
    OCS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2020-09-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2020-09-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2018-02-01
    ➕
    NEWMAN, Paul Robert appointed
    director
  27. 2018-02-01
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Andrew Bernard resigned
    director
  28. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    OCS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2010-03-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACQUIRE YOUR BUSINESS LIMITED
  30. 2010-03-04
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Andrew Bernard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: FELLOWS, Edward William resigned 2026-04-08; SKINNER, Robert James resigned 2025-12-12

Group structure

Tm Trading Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Tm Trading Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
ACQUIRE YOUR BUSINESS LIMITED
This company · 07178722

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Tm Trading Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/10/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Octopus Apollo Vct Plc Company No. 05840377ceased 19/10/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2010-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

2nd Floor 168 Shoreditch High Street
London
E1 6RA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ARMES, Matthew Nicholas→
director · ~34y · appointed 2026-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEWMAN, Paul Robert→
director · ~76y · appointed 2018-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Benjamin Charles→
director · ~42y · appointed 2026-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FELLOWS, Edward William→
director · ~49y · appointed 2026-01-19 · resigned 2026-04-08
Resigned
SKINNER, Robert James→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-09-09 · resigned 2025-12-12
Resigned
THOMPSON, Andrew Bernard→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-03-04 · resigned 2018-02-01
Resigned
OCS SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2011-01-12 · resigned 2020-09-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17