ACTIVE WEALTH ESTATES LTD

🌳Matureactive
09763986 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-05
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£4.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,945

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
Net Worth
£5k
Current Assets
£12k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£7.3k
Current assets£11.9k
Cash£8.9k
Debtors£1.1k
Net assets£4.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-09-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-04-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2022-04-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-04-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-21
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  17. 2019-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE WEALTH ESTATES LTD
  19. 2015-09-05
    ➕
    BANNISTER, Helen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2015-09-05
    ➕
    BANNISTER, Helen Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2015-09-05
    ➕
    BANNISTER, Kenneth John appointed
    director
  22. 2015-09-05
    ➕
    BANNISTER, Helen appointed
    director
  23. 2015-09-05
    ➖
    BANNISTER, Helen resigned
    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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mrs Helen Ann Bannister
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Kenneth John Bannister
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Kenneth John Bannisterceased 09/09/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

1 The Briars
Waterberry Drive
Waterlooville
PO7 7YH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BANNISTER, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2015-09-05
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Active
BANNISTER, Helen Ann→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-09-05
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Active
BANNISTER, Kenneth John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BANNISTER, Helen→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-09-05 · resigned 2015-09-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-04-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-11