ACTUALISE LEARNING LTD

🌳Matureactive

07861063 · ltd · incorporated 2011-11-25

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	3	300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-02-06
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accounts · AA
2025-02-24
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accounts · AA
2024-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
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accounts · AA
2022-04-22
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officers · AP01
2022-04-01
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DOYLE, Jane Teresa appointed
director
2021-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-08-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-04-29
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accounts · AA
2018-08-06
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officers · AP01
2018-08-01
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DOYLE, John William appointed
director
2018-05-31
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accounts · AA
2017-11-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-08-08
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-05-31
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accounts · AA
2011-11-25
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Company incorporated
As ACTUALISE LEARNING LTD
2011-11-25
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DOYLE, Tom appointed
director
2011-11-25
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OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-11-25
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OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary

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

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Tom Doyle Individual · British · DOB 05/1986 · age 40	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Tom Doyleceased 06/08/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2011-11-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

1 The Glebe

Belbroughton

Stourbridge

West Midlands

DY9 9TH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-17

Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DOYLE, Jane Teresa→

director · ~65y · appointed 2022-04-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DOYLE, John William→

director · ~75y · appointed 2018-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DOYLE, Tom→

director · ~40y · appointed 2011-11-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-11-25 · resigned 2011-11-25

Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-02-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-02-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-05-04

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

officers · AP01

2022-04-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-05-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-05-13

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2020-01-14