GOODYER SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03029757 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-06
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
£68.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47610
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 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 £68,060
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,000 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£68k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£68k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£28k£41k£55k£69kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£68.1k£69.1k
Current assets£68.1k£69.1k
Net assets£68.1k£69.1k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-09-15
    ➖
    DUERDOTH, Susan Mary resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-15
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-09-15
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-05-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 1995-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GOODYER SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
  15. 1995-03-06
    ➕
    GOODYER, Eric Neal appointed
    secretary
  16. 1995-03-06
    ➕
    GOODYER, Eric Neal appointed
    director
  17. 1995-03-06
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 1995-03-06
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1995-03-06
    ➕
    DUERDOTH, Susan Mary appointed
    director
  20. 1995-03-06
    ➕
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1995-03-06
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GOODYER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Benjamin Goodyer
Individual · British · DOB 07/1990 · age 36
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/10/2025
Dr Eric Neal Goodyer
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Sue Duerdothceased 15/09/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1995-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47610 — SIC 47610

Registered office

4 Quay Walls
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1HD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GOODYER, Eric Neal→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODYER, Eric Neal→
director · ~72y · appointed 1995-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-06 · resigned 1995-03-06
Resigned
DUERDOTH, Susan Mary→
director · ~73y · appointed 1995-03-06 · resigned 2025-09-15
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-03-06 · resigned 1995-03-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-21