ACTIVE HOUSE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
07638314 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-18
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 May 2025
Net worth
£520
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
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Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £520
Cash YoY
+49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 49% YoY
Net Worth
£520
↑ 1200% YoY
Current Assets
£64k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£13k£26k£39k£52k£64kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£29.3k£34.1k
Current assets£64.4k£64.5k
Cash£1.6k£1.1k
Debtors£62.8k£63.4k
Net assets£520£40

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-05-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-09-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-09-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-05-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE HOUSE LTD.
  18. 2011-05-18
    ➕
    ADBY, Simon Jonathan appointed
    director
  19. 2011-05-18
    ➕
    BEESLEY, Debra Patricia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 63. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Jonathan Adby
Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Debra Patricia Beesley
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
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
Incorporated2011-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

5 Hazelgrove Road
Haywards Heath
RH16 3PH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ADBY, Simon Jonathan→
director · ~49y · appointed 2011-05-18
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Active
BEESLEY, Debra Patricia→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-05-18
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Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-13