ACTIVE RENEWABLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07364738 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-03

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 12.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.2y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	300	300

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-06-19
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2023-06-29
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2022-06-27
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2021-06-23
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2020-09-09
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2020-09-09
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2020-06-18
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2019-06-26
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2016-03-18
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2015-09-30
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2014-09-04
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HOGG, James Gordon resigned
director
2014-05-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2012-09-07
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HUGHES, Elizabeth appointed
director
2010-09-03
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Company incorporated
As ACTIVE RENEWABLES LIMITED
2010-09-03
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HUGHES, George Malcolm Petrie appointed
director
2010-09-03
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HUGHES, Malcolm John appointed
director
2010-09-03
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HOGG, James Gordon appointed
director
2010-09-03
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SABAN, Joanna appointed
director
2010-09-03
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SABAN, Joanna resigned
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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Active Technologies Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Active Technologies Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ACTIVE RENEWABLES LIMITED

This company · 07364738

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Active Technologies Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	13/10/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Malcolm John Hughesceased 13/10/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr George Malcolm Petrie Hughesceased 13/10/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2010-09-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Salford Lodge

Pitchill

Evesham

Worcestershire

WR11 8SN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-17

Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HUGHES, Elizabeth→

director · ~71y · appointed 2012-09-07

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Active

HUGHES, George Malcolm Petrie→

director · ~39y · appointed 2010-09-03

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Active

HUGHES, Malcolm John→

director · ~71y · appointed 2010-09-03

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Active

HOGG, James Gordon→

director · ~49y · appointed 2010-09-03 · resigned 2014-09-04

Resigned

SABAN, Joanna→

director · ~53y · appointed 2010-09-03 · resigned 2010-09-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	09/05/2014	—

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