AT HEART LTD

🌳Matureactive
08945178 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-18
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). 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, 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
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  2. 2024-12-10
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  3. 2023-11-14
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  4. 2022-12-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-12-21
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  6. 2022-12-21
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  7. 2022-12-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-02
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    address · AD01
  10. 2021-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-14
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  12. 2019-12-23
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  13. 2019-03-12
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  14. 2019-03-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-03-30
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    BURRELL, Christopher Julian resigned
    director
  18. 2015-03-30
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    BURRELL, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  19. 2014-03-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AT HEART LTD
  20. 2014-03-18
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    HAYWOOD, Guy Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2014-03-18
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    HAYWOOD, Inga appointed
    director
  22. 2014-03-18
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    BURRELL, Christopher Julian appointed
    director
  23. 2014-03-18
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    BURRELL, Elizabeth 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 12 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Guy Anthony Haywood
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Inga Haywood
Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-03-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

122 Fore Street
Blackwell Bate
Saltash
PL12 6JW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HAYWOOD, Guy Anthony→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAYWOOD, Inga→
director · ~57y · appointed 2014-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURRELL, Christopher Julian→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-03-18 · resigned 2015-03-30
Resigned
BURRELL, Elizabeth→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-03-18 · resigned 2015-03-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23