ACTIVE-DISPLAY SOLUTIONS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10767945 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-12
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £943 |
| Current assets | — | £843 |
| Net assets | — | £-31.1k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-09-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-07-08📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2022-07-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-07-01➕THOMPSON, Keith Robert appointeddirector
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-07-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-01➕TURNER, Gary John appointeddirector
- 2021-07-01➖CRABB, Philip resigneddirector
- 2021-03-31📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTIVE-DISPLAY SOLUTIONS LTD
- 2017-05-12➕CRABB, Philip appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Gary John Turner Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 01/07/2022 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-05-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26120 — SIC 26120
Registered office
Units 15-17 Liberty House Greenham Business Park
Greenham
Thatcham
RG19 6HS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
THOMPSON, Keith Robert→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2022-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TURNER, Gary John→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2021-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CRABB, Philip→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2017-05-12 · resigned 2021-07-01
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Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-08
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-07-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29