ACTIVE EMS OWNERS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14114429 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-18
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£-4.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.8y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,180
Very low cash
Cash position: £9
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£9
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£4k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£9
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-4.2k | £-3.1k |
| Current assets | £9 | £9 |
| Cash | £9 | £9 |
| Net assets | £-4.2k | £-3.1k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-08-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-07-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”)
- 2022-05-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTIVE EMS OWNERS LTD
- 2022-05-18➕BROOMHEAD, Simon Jon appointeddirector
- 2022-05-18➕RANDELL, Oliver Mark appointeddirector
- 2022-05-18📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Oliver Mark Randell Individual · British · DOB 05/1977 · age 49 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 18/05/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit A5 / A6 Chamberhall Business Park
Harvard Road
Bury
Greater Manchester
BL9 0FU
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BROOMHEAD, Simon Jon→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2022-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RANDELL, Oliver Mark→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2022-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”) | A registered charge | — | 29/07/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (11 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-18