AC PULLEN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
01773903 · ltd · incorporated 1983-11-29
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£-111.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed dormant / non-trading — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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, 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £111,214

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£111k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£4k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£111k-£88k-£65k-£42k-£19k£4kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£3.0k£3.0k
Current assets£3.9k£3.9k
Debtors£234£234
Net assets£-111.2k£-111.2k

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
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-07-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2026-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-29
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-01
    ➖
    PAINTER, Katherine Rosalind resigned
    director
  17. 2004-05-17
    ➕
    HEMINGWAY, Stephen John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-05-17
    ➖
    PAINTER, Lilian Elfrieda Mary Ruth Lewis resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-05-17
    ➖
    PAINTER, Lilian Elfrieda Mary Ruth Lewis resigned
    director
  20. 2002-01-01
    ➕
    PAINTER, Katherine Rosalind appointed
    director
  21. 2001-05-30
    ➖
    PAINTER, Katherine Rosalind resigned
    director
  22. 1997-08-01
    ➕
    HEMINGWAY, Stephen John appointed
    director
  23. 1991-12-31
    ➖
    WALKER, George Marmaduke Mowis resigned
    director
  24. 1983-11-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AC PULLEN 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Alice Rose Loke
Individual · British · DOB 05/1993 · age 33
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/06/2022
Ms Katharine Rosalind Painter
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Alice Hemingwayceased 28/05/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1983-11-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

14 Park Lane
Knebworth
Hertfordshire
SG3 6PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-11
Last: 2026-05-28

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

HEMINGWAY, Stephen John→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEMINGWAY, Stephen John→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAINTER, Lilian Elfrieda Mary Ruth Lewis→
secretary · resigned 2004-05-17
Resigned
PAINTER, Katherine Rosalind→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-01-01 · resigned 2016-02-01
Resigned
PAINTER, Katherine Rosalind→
director · ~66y · resigned 2001-05-30
Resigned
PAINTER, Lilian Elfrieda Mary Ruth Lewis→
director · ~107y · resigned 2004-05-17
Resigned
WALKER, George Marmaduke Mowis→
director · ~117y · resigned 1991-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (104 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02