ACTIVE IMPORTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC259993 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-28

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£100

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£100

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£100	—
Debtors	£100	—
Net assets	£100	—
Average employees	—	200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-08-27
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2024-08-26
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2023-08-16
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2022-08-31
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accounts · AA
2021-08-30
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accounts · AA
2020-11-27
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accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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accounts · AA
2018-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-01-05
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-02-18
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-01-09
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annual-return · AR01
2003-11-28
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Company incorporated
As ACTIVE IMPORTS LIMITED
2003-11-28
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HAWKINS, Nicholas William appointed
secretary
2003-11-28
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HAWKINS, Nicholas William appointed
director
2003-11-28
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HAWKINS, William appointed
director
2003-11-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-11-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2003-11-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-11-28
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Hawkins Individual · British · DOB 07/1944 · age 82	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-11-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

2 Bridge Street

Newbridge

Edinburgh

EH28 8SR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HAWKINS, Nicholas William→

secretary · appointed 2003-11-28

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Active

HAWKINS, Nicholas William→

director · ~41y · appointed 2003-11-28

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Active

HAWKINS, William→

director · ~82y · appointed 2003-11-28

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Active

FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-28 · resigned 2003-11-28

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-28 · resigned 2003-11-28

Resigned

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