ACTIVE HOLIDAY CAMPS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08602704 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,418
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,847 YoY
Cash YoY
-32%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
↓ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 7.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.4k | £3.3k |
| Current assets | £7.2k | £7.8k |
| Cash | £4.9k | £7.2k |
| Debtors | £2.3k | £640 |
| Net assets | £1.4k | £3.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-03-31➖SHIELDS, Mark Donald resigneddirector
- 2014-03-28➕MILLS, Katharine Frances appointeddirector
- 2014-03-28➕SHIELDS, Mark Donald appointeddirector
- 2014-03-13➕HOBBS, Matthew David appointeddirector
- 2014-03-13➖GIBSON, Philippa Louise resigneddirector
- 2013-07-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTIVE HOLIDAY CAMPS LIMITED
- 2013-07-09➕GIBSON, Philippa Louise appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew David Hobbs Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
Miss Katharine Frances Mills Individual · British · DOB 04/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADVAITA VEDANTA SADHANA→ 11555525 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AWARENESS AND CHANGE LTD→ 13353361 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AZATE LTD→ 16263381 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BABY SQUIDS YEOVIL AND WEST DORSET LTD→ 16133410 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BACK TO NATURE CIC→ 15283122 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BAILHACHE EDUCATION CONSULTING LTD→ 15903132 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BARRACUDA SWIMMING LTD→ 09312218 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| BATH ROYAL LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION TRUSTEES→ 02857000 · est 1993 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 32y | — | — |
| BATH SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES LTD→ 05585824 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| BATH STRINGS ACADEMY CIC→ 11357423 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| BATTERSEA HOUSE LTD→ 14436558 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| BE THEN DO LTD→ 05044957 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education
Registered office
391 Gaston Holt
Melksham
BA14 6QA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
HOBBS, Matthew David→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2014-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILLS, Katharine Frances→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2014-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GIBSON, Philippa Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2013-07-09 · resigned 2014-03-13
SHIELDS, Mark Donald→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2014-03-28 · resigned 2015-03-31
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Recent filings (63 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11