ACTIVE HOPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07490362 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-01-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (8 active, 13 linked, 12 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees8600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-04-18
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    ROGERS, Lee David appointed
    director
  6. 2024-01-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-01-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-01-01
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    AVERY, Fiona Louise appointed
    director
  9. 2024-01-01
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    BRUCE, Richard resigned
    director
  10. 2023-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-01-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-01-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-01-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-01-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-01-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2019-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-03-07
    ➖
    BRITTON, John resigned
    secretary
  22. 2018-03-07
    ➖
    BRITTON, John resigned
    director
  23. 2017-07-20
    ➕
    HUGHES, Ruth Helen appointed
    director
  24. 2016-01-21
    ➕
    SHIELDS, Alan Leslie appointed
    director
  25. 2016-01-21
    ➖
    HART, Benjamin resigned
    director
  26. 2015-11-19
    ➕
    HATTON, Susan Margaret appointed
    director
  27. 2015-03-19
    ➖
    WORTH, Andrew Robert resigned
    director
  28. 2011-07-28
    ➕
    HART, Benjamin appointed
    director
  29. 2011-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE HOPE LIMITED
  30. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    CURTIS, Jonathan George appointed
    director
  31. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    CURTIS, Keith appointed
    director
  32. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    PALMER, Graham Robert, Dr appointed
    director
  33. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    BRITTON, John appointed
    secretary
  34. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    BRITTON, John appointed
    director
  35. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    BRUCE, Richard appointed
    director
  36. 2011-01-12
    ➕
    WORTH, Andrew Robert appointed
    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
  • -8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2011-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

5 Pangbourne Close
Appleton
Warrington
WA4 5HJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (8 active · 5 resigned)

AVERY, Fiona Louise→
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURTIS, Jonathan George→
director · ~47y · appointed 2011-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURTIS, Keith→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HATTON, Susan Margaret→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Ruth Helen→
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PALMER, Graham Robert, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROGERS, Lee David→
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHIELDS, Alan Leslie→
director · ~79y · appointed 2016-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRITTON, John→
secretary · appointed 2011-01-12 · resigned 2018-03-07
Resigned
BRITTON, John→
director · ~84y · appointed 2011-01-12 · resigned 2018-03-07
Resigned
BRUCE, Richard→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-01-12 · resigned 2024-01-01
Resigned
HART, Benjamin→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-07-28 · resigned 2016-01-21
Resigned
WORTH, Andrew Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-01-12 · resigned 2015-03-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-10