ATA TRANSLATIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

01726612 · ltd · incorporated 1983-05-25

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 41.5y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 41.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

97 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	0	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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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accounts · AA
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-01-08
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officers · TM01
2018-01-05
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officers · AP01
2018-01-01
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IMMANUEL, David Hyam appointed
director
2017-12-31
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RUBIO, Rebecca resigned
director
2017-09-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-08-20
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HORN, Alan Ronald resigned
director
2017-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-12-17
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annual-return · AR01
2014-07-31
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HORN, Alan Ronald resigned
secretary
1998-08-26
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Charge satisfied #1
1998-08-05
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HORN, Alan Ronald appointed
secretary
1998-08-05
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MCGUIRK, Sheila resigned
secretary
1998-08-05
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HORN, Alan Ronald appointed
director
1998-08-05
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MCGUIRK, Russell Henry resigned
director
1998-08-05
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RUBIO, Rebecca appointed
director
1985-01-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1983-05-25
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Company incorporated
As ATA TRANSLATIONS 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 79 — 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 79 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 43 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Hyam Immanuel Individual · British · DOB 04/1947 · age 79	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	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

Incorporated1983-05-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

21/23 East Street

Fareham

Hampshire

PO16 0BZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-26

Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

IMMANUEL, David Hyam→

director · ~79y · appointed 2018-01-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HORN, Alan Ronald→

secretary · appointed 1998-08-05 · resigned 2014-07-31

Resigned

MCGUIRK, Sheila→

secretary · resigned 1998-08-05

Resigned

HORN, Alan Ronald→

director · ~79y · appointed 1998-08-05 · resigned 2017-08-20

Resigned

MCGUIRK, Russell Henry→

director · ~80y · resigned 1998-08-05

Resigned

RUBIO, Rebecca→

director · ~57y · appointed 1998-08-05 · resigned 2017-12-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Fixed and floating charge	1 property	21/01/1985	26/08/1998