ACTIVE APPAREL GROUP LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11173403 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-29
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£-180.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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 (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £180,341
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£75k
Net Worth
-£180k
Current Assets
£1.0m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-29 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £642.1k |
| Current assets | £1.02M |
| Cash | £75.2k |
| Debtors | £192.3k |
| Net assets | £-180.3k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-04➕FIGG, David William appointeddirector
- 2023-07-04➕MERRETT, Robert John appointeddirector
- 2023-05-15✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTIVE APPAREL GROUP LIMITED
- 2018-01-29➕WRIGHT, Amelia Anne appointeddirector
- 2018-01-29➕WRIGHT, Colin Vincent appointeddirector
- 2018-01-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
56/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Young Ideas Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Young Ideas Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ACTIVE APPAREL GROUP LIMITED
This company · 11173403
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Young Ideas Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 29/01/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-01-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Registered office
10 St. John Street
Ashbourne
DE6 1GH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last made up to: 2025-01-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
FIGG, David William→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2023-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MERRETT, Robert John→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2023-07-04
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WRIGHT, Amelia Anne→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2018-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WRIGHT, Colin Vincent→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2018-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-06
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-10