ACTIO PAULIANA LTD

🌳Matureactive

07271397 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-02

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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2025-01-20
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2024-01-18
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accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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officers · AP01
2022-03-29
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accounts · AA
2022-03-18
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LEMP, Christian appointed
director
2021-08-05
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officers · AP01
2021-08-05
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accounts · AA
2021-08-01
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KOWALCZYK, Mark appointed
director
2020-11-30
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officers · TM01
2020-11-30
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officers · TM01
2020-11-30
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officers · TM01
2020-11-30
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officers · TM01
2020-11-27
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officers · TM01
2020-11-15
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KAMINSKI, Piotr resigned
director
2020-11-15
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KROLICK, Vadim resigned
director
2020-11-15
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LEMP, Christian resigned
director
2020-11-15
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ECB INVESTMENTS LTD resigned
corporate-director
2020-11-15
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VALUATIVE LTD resigned
corporate-director
2020-03-31
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accounts · AA
2020-02-04
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2019-08-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-08-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-08-01
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WISNIEWSKI, Maciej resigned
director
2019-08-01
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VALUATIVE LTD appointed
corporate-director
2019-07-28
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KAMINSKI, Piotr appointed
director
2019-06-03
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WISNIEWSKI, Maciej appointed
director
2019-01-14
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OLSZEWSKI, Andrew resigned
director
2018-07-07
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LEMP, Christian appointed
director
2018-07-01
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KOWALCZYK, Mark resigned
director
2017-06-24
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INSEL, Kevin resigned
director
2015-06-10
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KOWALCZYK, Mark appointed
director
2015-06-10
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KROLICK, Vadim appointed
director
2015-06-10
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ECB INVESTMENTS LTD appointed
corporate-director
2014-06-02
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INSEL, Kevin appointed
director
2014-06-02
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OLSZEWSKI, Andrew appointed
director
2010-06-02
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Company incorporated
As ACTIO PAULIANA LTD
2010-06-02
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OLSZEWSKI, Leszek appointed
director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Group structure

Valuative Investments Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Valuative Investments Ltd

Corporate parent · board control

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ACTIO PAULIANA LTD

This company · 07271397

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Valuative Investments Ltd Corporate entity	—	—	board controlboard control	01/08/2019

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Ecb Investments Ltdceased 31/07/2019· board control
Mr Leszek Olszewskiceased 22/08/2017· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated2010-06-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

1 Burton Road

Unit 5, Neepsend Triangle

Sheffield

S3 8BW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-14

Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

KOWALCZYK, Mark→

director · ~42y · appointed 2021-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LEMP, Christian→

director · ~64y · appointed 2022-03-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

OLSZEWSKI, Leszek→

director · ~52y · appointed 2010-06-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

INSEL, Kevin→

director · ~48y · appointed 2014-06-02 · resigned 2017-06-24

Resigned

KAMINSKI, Piotr→

director · ~51y · appointed 2019-07-28 · resigned 2020-11-15

Resigned

KOWALCZYK, Mark→

director · ~49y · appointed 2015-06-10 · resigned 2018-07-01

Resigned

KROLICK, Vadim→

director · ~57y · appointed 2015-06-10 · resigned 2020-11-15

Resigned

LEMP, Christian→

director · ~49y · appointed 2018-07-07 · resigned 2020-11-15

Resigned

OLSZEWSKI, Andrew→

director · ~45y · appointed 2014-06-02 · resigned 2019-01-14

Resigned

WISNIEWSKI, Maciej→

director · ~48y · appointed 2019-06-03 · resigned 2019-08-01

Resigned

ECB INVESTMENTS LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2015-06-10 · resigned 2020-11-15

Resigned

VALUATIVE LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2019-08-01 · resigned 2020-11-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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2026-02-23

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2025-08-12

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accounts · AA

2025-01-20

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2024-07-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-01-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-29

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-03-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-03-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-06

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2021-08-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-08-05

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officers · TM01

2020-11-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2020-11-30