AUTOMATED GARAGE DOORS AND GATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02501503 · ltd · incorporated 1990-05-11
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£-30.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (79/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
90 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 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £30,441

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£30k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£30k-£15k-£162£15k£30k£45kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-22.6k£-12.6k
Current assets£34.0k£45.3k
Net assets£-30.4k£-20.5k

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

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-09
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  3. 2023-11-30
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  4. 2022-11-16
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  5. 2022-10-11
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  6. 2022-10-11
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  7. 2022-09-25
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    COOK, Brenda Olive resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-09-25
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    COOK, Brenda Olive resigned
    director
  9. 2021-12-15
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  10. 2020-12-07
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  11. 2019-12-12
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  12. 2018-12-07
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  13. 2018-07-24
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  14. 2018-07-24
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  15. 2018-07-24
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  16. 2017-12-07
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  17. 2016-12-22
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  18. 2016-01-21
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    COOK, Michelle resigned
    director
  19. 2005-03-03
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    COOK, Martyn John appointed
    director
  20. 1998-03-22
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    PORTER, Elaine Julia resigned
    director
  21. 1997-05-01
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    COOK, Michelle appointed
    director
  22. 1996-03-14
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    PORTER, Elaine Julia appointed
    director
  23. 1996-02-01
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    COOK, Bernard Alfred resigned
    director
  24. 1990-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOMATED GARAGE DOORS AND GATES 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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
Miss Michelle Cook
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1990-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Burnet Road
Sweet Briar Ind Est
Norwich
NR3 2BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

COOK, Martyn John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Brenda Olive→
secretary · resigned 2022-09-25
Resigned
COOK, Bernard Alfred→
director · ~96y · resigned 1996-02-01
Resigned
COOK, Brenda Olive→
director · ~95y · resigned 2022-09-25
Resigned
COOK, Michelle→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-05-01 · resigned 2016-01-21
Resigned
PORTER, Elaine Julia→
director · ~65y · appointed 1996-03-14 · resigned 1998-03-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09