A. AND S. CIRCUITS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02747655 · ltd · incorporated 1992-09-16
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
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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
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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 (76/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-03
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    address · AD03
  13. 2016-04-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-11-19
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    BURTON, Alfred Walter resigned
    director
  17. 2013-11-19
    ➖
    BURTON, Valerie resigned
    director
  18. 1999-02-28
    ➕
    DAY, Stephen Paul appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-02-28
    ➖
    DAY, Susan resigned
    secretary
  20. 1999-02-28
    ➖
    DAY, Susan resigned
    director
  21. 1992-09-24
    ➕
    DAY, Stephen Paul appointed
    director
  22. 1992-09-24
    ➕
    DAY, Susan appointed
    secretary
  23. 1992-09-24
    ➖
    HALLETT, Gwendoline Violet resigned
    secretary
  24. 1992-09-24
    ➕
    BURTON, Alfred Walter appointed
    director
  25. 1992-09-24
    ➕
    BURTON, Valerie appointed
    director
  26. 1992-09-24
    ➕
    DAY, Susan appointed
    director
  27. 1992-09-24
    ➖
    WHITWORTH, Jacqueline Diane resigned
    director
  28. 1992-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As A. AND S. CIRCUITS LIMITED
  29. 1992-09-16
    ➕
    HALLETT, Gwendoline Violet appointed
    secretary
  30. 1992-09-16
    ➕
    THOMAS, Howard appointed
    nominee-secretary
  31. 1992-09-16
    ➖
    THOMAS, Howard resigned
    nominee-secretary
  32. 1992-09-16
    ➕
    WHITWORTH, Jacqueline Diane appointed
    director

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 34 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 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Paul Day
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/08/2016

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
Incorporated1992-09-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

11 Heath Road
Thorpe End
Norwich
Norfolk
NR13 5BQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

DAY, Stephen Paul→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAY, Stephen Paul→
director · ~67y · appointed 1992-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAY, Susan→
secretary · appointed 1992-09-24 · resigned 1999-02-28
Resigned
HALLETT, Gwendoline Violet→
secretary · appointed 1992-09-16 · resigned 1992-09-24
Resigned
THOMAS, Howard→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-09-16 · resigned 1992-09-16
Resigned
BURTON, Alfred Walter→
director · ~83y · appointed 1992-09-24 · resigned 2013-11-19
Resigned
BURTON, Valerie→
director · ~81y · appointed 1992-09-24 · resigned 2013-11-19
Resigned
DAY, Susan→
director · ~66y · appointed 1992-09-24 · resigned 1999-02-28
Resigned
WHITWORTH, Jacqueline Diane→
director · ~65y · appointed 1992-09-16 · resigned 1992-09-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-04