TREND ANALYSIS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02178264 · ltd · incorporated 1987-10-14
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£80.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (78/100)

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
22 officers (2 active, 22 linked, 15 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
146 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £80,340
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£77k
↓ 4.9% YoY
Net Worth
£80k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£85k
↓ 4.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£35k£53k£71k£89kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£80.3k£79.9k
Current assets£84.7k£88.7k
Cash£77.4k£81.4k
Debtors£7.3k£7.3k
Net assets£80.3k£79.9k

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.

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Recent activity

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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-11
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  2. 2024-07-23
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  3. 2023-07-13
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  4. 2022-06-27
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  5. 2021-07-13
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  6. 2020-06-30
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  7. 2019-07-23
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  8. 2018-07-25
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  9. 2017-07-20
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  10. 2017-06-22
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    address · AD01
  11. 2017-06-22
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  12. 2016-12-05
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    DEAN, John, Mr. resigned
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  13. 2016-07-18
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  14. 2015-09-09
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  15. 2015-07-28
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  16. 2014-09-01
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  17. 2003-01-22
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    LAMBERT, Deborah Jean appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-01-22
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    LAMBERT, Bradford Robert resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-12-31
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    DEAN, John, Mr. appointed
    director
  20. 2001-12-31
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    GREEN, Clifford resigned
    director
  21. 2001-05-01
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    LAMBERT, Bradford Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2001-05-01
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    LAMBERT, Bradford Robert appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-05-01
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    MERCER, Susan Anne resigned
    secretary
  24. 1999-07-21
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    GREEN, Clifford resigned
    secretary
  25. 1999-07-21
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    MERCER, Susan Anne appointed
    secretary
  26. 1999-04-01
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    LAMBERT, Bradford Robert resigned
    director
  27. 1998-02-02
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    LAMBERT, Bradford Robert resigned
    secretary
  28. 1998-01-31
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    GREEN, Clifford appointed
    secretary
  29. 1996-04-30
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    DOVER, Robert John resigned
    secretary
  30. 1996-04-30
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    LAMBERT, Bradford Robert appointed
    secretary
  31. 1996-04-30
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    ABBOTT, Mark Darryll resigned
    director
  32. 1996-04-30
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    HEATH, Stephen Michael resigned
    director
  33. 1996-04-30
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    LAMBERT, Bradford Robert appointed
    director
  34. 1996-04-30
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    MARRON, Anthony John resigned
    director
  35. 1996-03-15
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    VINCENT, Charles Anthony Marcus resigned
    director
  36. 1996-03-01
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    ABBOTT, Mark Darryll appointed
    director
  37. 1995-10-24
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    HEATH, Stephen Michael appointed
    director
  38. 1995-06-15
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    LEVETT, Ashley Mark resigned
    director
  39. 1995-06-15
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    MARRON, Anthony John appointed
    director
  40. 1994-10-19
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    MONAGHAN, Richard Leslie Peter resigned
    director
  41. 1994-05-17
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    ROTHMAN, Algernon Patrick Francis resigned
    director
  42. 1993-11-08
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    ROTHMAN, Algernon Patrick Francis appointed
    director
  43. 1991-12-31
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    DOVER, Robert John appointed
    secretary
  44. 1991-12-31
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    RANKIN, David Haig Woolley resigned
    secretary
  45. 1991-12-31
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    DEAN, John, Mr. resigned
    director
  46. 1991-12-31
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    ELLIOTT, Mark appointed
    director
  47. 1991-12-31
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    ELLIOTT, Mark resigned
    director
  48. 1991-12-31
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    LEVETT, Ashley Mark appointed
    director
  49. 1991-12-31
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    MONAGHAN, Richard Leslie Peter appointed
    director
  50. 1991-12-31
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    RANKIN, David Haig Woolley resigned
    director
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Owner dependency

93/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bradford Robert Lambert
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated1987-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

2 St Andrews Place
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1UP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (2 active · 20 resigned)

LAMBERT, Deborah Jean→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMBERT, Bradford Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOVER, Robert John→
secretary · appointed 1991-12-31 · resigned 1996-04-30
Resigned
GREEN, Clifford→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-31 · resigned 1999-07-21
Resigned
LAMBERT, Bradford Robert→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-01 · resigned 2003-01-22
Resigned
LAMBERT, Bradford Robert→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-30 · resigned 1998-02-02
Resigned
MERCER, Susan Anne→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-21 · resigned 2001-05-01
Resigned
RANKIN, David Haig Woolley→
secretary · resigned 1991-12-31
Resigned
ABBOTT, Mark Darryll→
director · ~63y · appointed 1996-03-01 · resigned 1996-04-30
Resigned
DEAN, John, Mr.→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-12-31 · resigned 2016-12-05
Resigned
DEAN, John, Mr.→
director · ~76y · resigned 1991-12-31
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Mark→
director · ~62y · appointed 1991-12-31 · resigned 1991-12-31
Resigned
GREEN, Clifford→
director · ~74y · resigned 2001-12-31
Resigned
HEATH, Stephen Michael→
director · ~68y · appointed 1995-10-24 · resigned 1996-04-30
Resigned
LAMBERT, Bradford Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 1996-04-30 · resigned 1999-04-01
Resigned
LEVETT, Ashley Mark→
director · ~66y · appointed 1991-12-31 · resigned 1995-06-15
Resigned
MARRON, Anthony John→
director · ~75y · appointed 1995-06-15 · resigned 1996-04-30
Resigned
MONAGHAN, Richard Leslie Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 1991-12-31 · resigned 1994-10-19
Resigned
RANKIN, David Haig Woolley→
director · ~81y · resigned 1991-12-31
Resigned
ROTHMAN, Algernon Patrick Francis→
director · ~101y · appointed 1993-11-08 · resigned 1994-05-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (146 total)

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2025-08-11
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2025-07-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
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2024-07-23
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2023-08-10
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accounts · AA
2023-07-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
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accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-21