AXIS THERAPY LTD

🌳Matureactive
07203399 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-25
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£91.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 15.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £91,073
Cash YoY
-32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£91k
↑ 5.0% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£36k£55k£73k£91kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£119.4k£120.1k
Cash£2.3k£3.4k
Net assets£91.1k£86.7k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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  4. 2022-11-04
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  5. 2021-12-27
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  7. 2019-11-14
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  8. 2018-12-19
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  9. 2017-12-21
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  10. 2016-12-16
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  11. 2016-04-07
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  12. 2016-01-09
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  16. 2014-06-05
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  17. 2010-09-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  18. 2010-09-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  19. 2010-03-25
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    Company incorporated
    As AXIS THERAPY LTD
  20. 2010-03-25
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    DAVIES, Nicola Marie appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-25
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    JONES, Malcolm Howitt appointed
    director
  22. 2010-03-25
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    BEVAN, Alwyn John 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 16 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Malcolm Howitt Jones
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-25
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Bryn Dwynwen Pontrug
Llanrug
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL55 2AQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DAVIES, Nicola Marie→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-03-25
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JONES, Malcolm Howitt→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-03-25
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Active
BEVAN, Alwyn John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-03-25 · resigned 2014-06-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
Deed of assignment of rental income1 property29/09/2010—
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
Legal and general charge1 property29/09/2010—
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Recent filings (38 total)

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2025-03-24
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2024-12-20
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2024-04-06
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2023-12-27
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2023-04-04
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2022-11-04
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2022-04-20
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2021-12-27
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2021-05-24
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2020-12-30
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2020-04-08
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2019-11-14
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2019-03-29