ACTIONABLE HOLDINGS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC686625 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-21
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
15 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£0
Net assets£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-30
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2021-09-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2021-03-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-03-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-01-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACTIONABLE HOLDINGS LIMITED
  10. 2021-01-21
    FOLEY, James William appointed
    director
  11. 2021-01-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James William Foley
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest21/01/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Matthew Tyrone Houghtonceased 10/03/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2021-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46510 — Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software

Registered office

272 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4JR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

FOLEY, James William
director · ~65y · appointed 2021-01-21
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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-09-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-01-21