ACTIVE FLEET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11313628 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-17
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
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Financial leasing
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-30 | 2024-05-30 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-01➕WAGSTAFF, Paul Colin appointeddirector
- 2018-06-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-06-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-04-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTIVE FLEET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- 2018-04-17➕WAGSTAFF, Jodie Louise appointeddirector
- 2018-04-17📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Jodie Louise Wagstaff Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 17/04/2018 |
Mr Paul Colin Wagstaff Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 17/04/2018 |
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
Incorporated2018-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64910 — Financial leasing
Registered office
61 Border Brook Lane
Worsley
Manchester
M28 1XJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WAGSTAFF, Jodie Louise→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2018-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WAGSTAFF, Paul Colin→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2018-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-07-11