00979661 LIMITED

⚰️Wound downliquidation
00979661 · ltd · incorporated 1970-05-14
Investment thesis
Company liquidation — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
40/100
Watch
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 7020
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 7415SIC 7415
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed unclear — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 40/100 (watch), bankability 30/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100). Current lenders should be on immediate intervention.

Data confidence

Overall: low (43/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
no address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
75
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
40/100Watch
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.

Business quality
0
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
31
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2023-11-23
    ⚠️
    order-of-court-restoration-previously-members-voluntary-liquidation
    insolvency · REST-MVL
  2. 1992-10-14
    JAMES, Tracey Adrienne Louise appointed
    secretary
  3. 1992-10-14
    ROBSON, Mark resigned
    secretary
  4. 1987-01-01
    📄
    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
    historical · PRE87
  5. 1970-05-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 00979661 LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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 90 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 56 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

3 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2006-10-31

Company in liquidation
high

Company is actively being wound up. Not a going concern.

1 insolvency-related filing on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2023-11-23: order-of-court-restoration-previously-members-voluntary-liquidation

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
001 LTD
04143196 · est 2001 · no financials extracted
25y
00ZZZERO LTD
09251203 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
0801 SOLUTIONS LIMITED
06115973 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
19y
10 CA LIMITED
10468164 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
9y
10 RECRUITMENT LTD
16029963 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
100 DAYS LEADERSHIP GROUP LIMITED
15206015 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
100 PNM LTD
11707961 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
1000WORDS LIMITED
16418130 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
101 A+D LTD
11816790 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
101 ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
13372163 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
101120 LTD
13126897 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
103 FINANCE LIMITED
10559029 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

13 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusliquidation
Typeltd
Incorporated1970-05-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC7020 — SIC 7020

Registered office

Burley House
12 Clarendon Rd
Leeds 2

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2006-10-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2004-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due:
Last:

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

JAMES, Tracey Adrienne Louise
secretary · appointed 1992-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURTON, John William
director · ~90y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBSON, Mark
secretary · resigned 1992-10-14
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (2 total)

order-of-court-restoration-previously-members-voluntary-liquidation
insolvency · REST-MVL
2023-11-23
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
historical · PRE87
1987-01-01