ARCHER INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02649983 · ltd · incorporated 1991-09-30

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£84.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-life insurance

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £84,565

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£85k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£88k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£109.4k	£109.4k
Current assets	£88.2k	£88.2k
Net assets	£84.6k	£84.6k

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

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-02-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-11
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-02-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-10
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-13
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2023-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-07
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-26
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PATHMANATHAN, Loganathan appointed
director
2021-03-26
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SULEMAN, Shabbir resigned
director
2020-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-15
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-09-14
➖
SOLEMAN, Shamila resigned
secretary
1998-09-28
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SOLEMAN, Shamila appointed
secretary
1998-09-28
➖
UKKA, Farah resigned
secretary
1998-09-28
➖
SOLEMAN, Shamila resigned
director
1998-09-21
➕
SULEMAN, Shabbir appointed
director
1993-06-18
➖
KASSAM, Batul Mumtaz Ali resigned
secretary
1993-06-18
➕
UKKA, Farah appointed
secretary
1993-06-18
➖
KASSAM, Mumtaz Ali resigned
director
1993-06-18
➕
SOLEMAN, Shamila appointed
director
1992-10-19
➕
KASSAM, Batul Mumtaz Ali appointed
secretary
1992-10-19
➖
SULEMAN, Shabbir resigned
secretary
1992-10-19
➕
KASSAM, Mumtaz Ali appointed
director
1992-10-19
➖
RASHID, Mustafa Sherali resigned
director
1991-09-30
🏢
Company incorporated
As ARCHER INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED
1991-09-30
➕
SULEMAN, Shabbir appointed
secretary
1991-09-30
➕
CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-09-30
➖
CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-09-30
➕
RASHID, Mustafa Sherali appointed
director
1991-09-30
➕
CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1991-09-30
➖
CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Loganathan Pathmanathan Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	26/03/2021

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Shabbir Sulemanceased 26/03/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
Mr Shabbir Sulemanceased 26/03/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Shamila Sulemanceased 14/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1991-09-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

733 Field End Road,Ruislip,Middlesex

Field End Road

Ruislip

Middlesex

HA4 0RJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-19

Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

PATHMANATHAN, Loganathan→

director · ~53y · appointed 2021-03-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KASSAM, Batul Mumtaz Ali→

secretary · appointed 1992-10-19 · resigned 1993-06-18

Resigned

SOLEMAN, Shamila→

secretary · appointed 1998-09-28 · resigned 2020-09-14

Resigned

SULEMAN, Shabbir→

secretary · appointed 1991-09-30 · resigned 1992-10-19

Resigned

UKKA, Farah→

secretary · appointed 1993-06-18 · resigned 1998-09-28

Resigned

CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-09-30 · resigned 1991-09-30

Resigned

KASSAM, Mumtaz Ali→

director · ~77y · appointed 1992-10-19 · resigned 1993-06-18

Resigned

RASHID, Mustafa Sherali→

director · ~80y · appointed 1991-09-30 · resigned 1992-10-19

Resigned

SOLEMAN, Shamila→

director · appointed 1993-06-18 · resigned 1998-09-28

Resigned

SULEMAN, Shabbir→

director · ~70y · appointed 1998-09-21 · resigned 2021-03-26

Resigned

CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-09-30 · resigned 1991-09-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-02-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-11

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2026-02-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-10

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-01-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-20

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-12-13

change-sail-address-company-with-new-address

address · AD02

2023-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-06

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-01-07

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2022-01-07