ATHENA (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09159096 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-04
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
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 8.4y

45/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,670,138

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Profit before tax£1.67M
Average employees14

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-06-16
    BUTTERS, Tina Louise appointed
    director
  8. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-24
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2020-06-24
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Ultimate Finance Limited
  11. 2020-02-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-02-03
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2020-02-03
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    Charge satisfied #3
  14. 2020-01-28
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Ultimate Finance Limited
  15. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-11-26
    BUTTERS, Tina Louise appointed
    secretary
  17. 2019-11-26
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  18. 2019-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-10-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2018-10-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Security Trustee Services Limited (As Security Agent)
  21. 2018-09-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  22. 2018-09-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  23. 2018-09-25
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    Charge satisfied #2
  24. 2018-09-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2018-07-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  26. 2018-02-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Alternative Bridging (UK 1) Limited
  27. 2018-02-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Alternative Bridging (UK1) Limited
  28. 2014-08-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ATHENA (UK) LIMITED
  29. 2014-08-04
    HOTHAM, Jonathan Peter appointed
    director
  30. 2014-08-04
    MARSHALL, James Michael, Mr. appointed
    director

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44
2550%
25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Peter Hotham
Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41
2550%
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Belfast Yard Gelderd Road
Birstall
Batley
WF17 9PY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BUTTERS, Tina Louise
secretary · appointed 2019-11-26
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Active
BUTTERS, Tina Louise
director · ~42y · appointed 2021-06-16
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Active
HOTHAM, Jonathan Peter
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-08-04
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Active
MARSHALL, James Michael, Mr.
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-08-04
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Ultimate Finance
Ultimate Finance Limited
A registered charge3 properties24/06/2020
outstanding
Ultimate Finance
Ultimate Finance Limited
A registered charge3 properties28/01/2020
satisfied
Security Trustee Services (As Security Agent)
Security Trustee Services Limited (As Security Agent)
A registered charge17/10/201803/02/2020
satisfied
Alternative Bridging (UK 1)
Alternative Bridging (UK 1) Limited
A registered charge2 properties28/02/201825/09/2018
satisfied
Alternative Bridging (UK1)
Alternative Bridging (UK1) Limited
A registered charge2 properties28/02/201825/09/2018
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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-06-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-02-04