A.LARKIN(CONCRETE)LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00566225 · ltd · incorporated 1956-05-17
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.
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 60.5y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 60.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
123 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-13
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    TRIGG, Charles Edmund resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-08-02
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2021-06-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-11-01
    ➖
    WHITE, Clinton John resigned
    director
  13. 2019-11-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-10-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-19
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  17. 2018-03-27
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2018-03-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2018-03-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-03-16
    ➕
    RODDY, Michael Ignatius appointed
    director
  21. 2018-03-16
    ➖
    BARRETT, David Kenneth resigned
    director
  22. 2018-03-16
    ➕
    TRIGG, Charles Edmund appointed
    director
  23. 2018-03-16
    ➖
    VERMORKEN, Maximilian Alphons resigned
    director
  24. 2018-03-16
    ➕
    WHITE, Clinton John appointed
    director
  25. 2017-10-18
    ➖
    FARENDEN, Peter Edward resigned
    secretary
  26. 2017-10-18
    ➕
    BARRETT, David Kenneth appointed
    director
  27. 2017-10-18
    ➖
    FARENDEN, Peter Edward resigned
    director
  28. 2017-10-18
    ➖
    TOPP, Roy Phillip resigned
    director
  29. 2017-10-18
    ➕
    VERMORKEN, Maximilian Alphons appointed
    director
  30. 2017-01-30
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #6
  31. 2001-12-24
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #5
  32. 2001-12-24
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    Charge satisfied #4
  33. 2001-12-24
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    Charge satisfied #3
  34. 2001-03-21
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  35. 1999-08-15
    ➖
    OKANE, Brian Patrick resigned
    director
  36. 1997-10-01
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  37. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    FARENDEN, Peter Edward appointed
    secretary
  38. 1997-07-31
    ➖
    LARKIN, Jean Margaret resigned
    secretary
  39. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    FARENDEN, Peter Edward appointed
    director
  40. 1997-07-31
    ➖
    LARKIN, Richard Neville resigned
    director
  41. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    OKANE, Brian Patrick appointed
    director
  42. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    TOPP, Roy Phillip appointed
    director
  43. 1997-07-31
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  44. 1997-07-31
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  45. 1992-09-12
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    Charge satisfied #2
  46. 1992-09-12
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  47. 1972-03-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  48. 1965-11-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  49. 1956-05-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.LARKIN(CONCRETE)LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

3 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Sigmaroc Plc
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
🏛️
Sigmafin Limited
Corporate parent
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Topcrete Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A.LARKIN(CONCRETE)LIMITED
This company · 00566225

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sigmaroc Plc
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/12/2017
Topcrete Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Sigmafin Limited
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence18/10/2017

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
Incorporated1956-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

35 Willow Lane
Mitcham
CR4 4NA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

RODDY, Michael Ignatius→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARENDEN, Peter Edward→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2017-10-18
Resigned
LARKIN, Jean Margaret→
secretary · resigned 1997-07-31
Resigned
BARRETT, David Kenneth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-10-18 · resigned 2018-03-16
Resigned
FARENDEN, Peter Edward→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2017-10-18
Resigned
LARKIN, Richard Neville→
director · ~94y · resigned 1997-07-31
Resigned
OKANE, Brian Patrick→
director · ~80y · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 1999-08-15
Resigned
TOPP, Roy Phillip→
director · ~84y · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2017-10-18
Resigned
TRIGG, Charles Edmund→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-03-16 · resigned 2025-11-13
Resigned
VERMORKEN, Maximilian Alphons→
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-10-18 · resigned 2018-03-16
Resigned
WHITE, Clinton John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-03-16 · resigned 2019-11-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture1 property21/03/200130/01/2017
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
All assets debenture1 property01/10/199724/12/2001
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property31/07/199724/12/2001
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property31/07/199724/12/2001
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property21/03/197212/09/1992
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Mortgage—15/11/196512/09/1992

Recent filings (123 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14