CONNECT-2 TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03028919 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-03
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 Nov 2024
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 (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
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-23
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  9. 2019-06-06
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  10. 2019-06-06
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  11. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2018-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-03-31
    ➕
    GLEGHORN, Karen appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-03-31
    ➖
    NOSSITER, Geoffrey George resigned
    secretary
  18. 2015-03-31
    ➖
    NOSSITER, Geoffrey George resigned
    director
  19. 2012-07-19
    ➖
    HARDING, Keith resigned
    director
  20. 2008-01-21
    ➖
    BOSTWICK, Ernest resigned
    director
  21. 1995-12-31
    ➖
    GLEGHORN, Peter resigned
    director
  22. 1995-05-01
    ➕
    GLEGHORN, Andrew Harry appointed
    director
  23. 1995-05-01
    ➕
    BOSTWICK, Ernest appointed
    director
  24. 1995-05-01
    ➕
    GLEGHORN, Peter appointed
    director
  25. 1995-03-16
    ➕
    NOSSITER, Geoffrey George appointed
    secretary
  26. 1995-03-16
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-03-16
    ➕
    HARDING, Keith appointed
    director
  28. 1995-03-16
    ➕
    NOSSITER, Geoffrey George appointed
    director
  29. 1995-03-16
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1995-03-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CONNECT-2 TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  31. 1995-03-03
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1995-03-03
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 31 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

Group structure

Cleveland Technologies Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Cleveland Technologies Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CONNECT-2 TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
This company · 03028919

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cleveland Technologies Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated1995-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Cleveland Technologies Group Longbeck Road
Marske-By-The-Sea
Redcar
TS11 6HQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

GLEGHORN, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLEGHORN, Andrew Harry→
director · ~67y · appointed 1995-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NOSSITER, Geoffrey George→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-16 · resigned 2015-03-31
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-03 · resigned 1995-03-16
Resigned
BOSTWICK, Ernest→
director · ~94y · appointed 1995-05-01 · resigned 2008-01-21
Resigned
GLEGHORN, Peter→
director · ~96y · appointed 1995-05-01 · resigned 1995-12-31
Resigned
HARDING, Keith→
director · ~80y · appointed 1995-03-16 · resigned 2012-07-19
Resigned
NOSSITER, Geoffrey George→
director · ~77y · appointed 1995-03-16 · resigned 2015-03-31
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-03-03 · resigned 1995-03-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-22
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2020-01-23