CHRIS ATKINSON (NAFFERTON) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
01079728 · ltd · incorporated 1972-11-01
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). 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: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
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
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-11-30
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  5. 2021-08-26
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  6. 2020-11-24
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  7. 2019-08-30
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  8. 2018-08-30
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  9. 2017-08-31
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  10. 2016-08-23
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  11. 2016-04-06
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  12. 2015-08-25
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  13. 2015-05-11
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  14. 2014-08-29
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  15. 2014-04-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-03-22
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    ATKINSON, Christopher resigned
    director
  17. 2000-05-07
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    ATKINSON, Morag Currie appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-05-07
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    ATKINSON, Christopher resigned
    secretary
  19. 1972-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CHRIS ATKINSON (NAFFERTON) LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ATKINSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 54 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Christopher Megginson Atkinson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1972-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Nafferton Lodge, 22a North
Street, Nafferton
Driffield
East Yorkshire
YO25 4JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ATKINSON, Morag Currie→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Christopher Megginson→
director · ~72y
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Active
ATKINSON, Christopher→
secretary · resigned 1999-05-07
Resigned
ATKINSON, Christopher→
director · ~105y · resigned 2007-03-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-08