AXXORA (UK) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03033257 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-09
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46750
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 28.9y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
18 officers (1 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-09-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-09-15
    ➕
    APTER, Jason appointed
    director
  5. 2025-09-15
    ➖
    CANNON, Kara Anne resigned
    director
  6. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-09-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-09-05
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    CANNON, Kara Anne appointed
    director
  11. 2023-09-05
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    ERFANIAN, Hamid Reza resigned
    director
  12. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-02-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-11-14
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    BENCH, David Ari resigned
    director
  15. 2022-04-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2022-04-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2022-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-04-01
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    ERFANIAN, Hamid Reza appointed
    director
  19. 2022-04-01
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    WEINER, Barry resigned
    director
  20. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-03-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC06
  23. 2020-02-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2020-01-23
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    BENCH, David Ari appointed
    director
  25. 2020-01-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2019-12-27
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    O'BRIEN, James resigned
    director
  27. 2019-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  28. 2014-05-01
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    O'BRIEN, James appointed
    director
  29. 2014-05-01
    ➖
    WHITELEY, Andrew Paul resigned
    director
  30. 2014-04-30
    ➖
    CRESCENZO, Andrew R resigned
    secretary
  31. 2014-04-30
    ➖
    CRESCENZO, Andrew R resigned
    director
  32. 2011-03-23
    ➖
    BALEZENTIS, Carl W, Dr resigned
    director
  33. 2010-08-27
    ➕
    WHITELEY, Andrew Paul appointed
    director
  34. 2008-07-09
    ➕
    CRESCENZO, Andrew R appointed
    secretary
  35. 2008-07-09
    ➕
    BALEZENTIS, Carl W, Dr appointed
    director
  36. 2008-07-09
    ➖
    CHAPPUIS-ROESLING, George Rene, Dr resigned
    director
  37. 2008-07-09
    ➕
    CRESCENZO, Andrew R appointed
    director
  38. 2008-07-09
    ➕
    WEINER, Barry appointed
    director
  39. 2008-07-03
    ➖
    SALES, Tamara Elam resigned
    secretary
  40. 2005-12-31
    ➖
    BOECHER, Wilfried resigned
    director
  41. 2003-05-08
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  42. 2001-04-18
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    HOARE, Stephen Michael, Dr resigned
    secretary
  43. 2001-04-18
    ➕
    SALES, Tamara Elam appointed
    secretary
  44. 2001-04-18
    ➕
    BOECHER, Wilfried appointed
    director
  45. 2001-04-18
    ➖
    HOARE, Stephen Michael, Dr resigned
    director
  46. 1999-07-12
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  47. 1999-03-08
    ➖
    SLANSKY, Richard resigned
    director
  48. 1998-08-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  49. 1997-09-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  50. 1997-06-12
    ➕
    SLANSKY, Richard appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 58 events

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

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Enzo Life Sciences Overseas Holding Co. Inc.
Individual
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.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46750 — SIC 46750

Registered office

1 Colleton Crescent
Exeter
Devon
EX2 4DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (1 active · 17 resigned)

APTER, Jason→
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRESCENZO, Andrew R→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-09 · resigned 2014-04-30
Resigned
HOARE, Janet Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-09 · resigned 1995-05-10
Resigned
HOARE, Stephen Michael, Dr→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-10 · resigned 2001-04-18
Resigned
SALES, Tamara Elam→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-18 · resigned 2008-07-03
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-09 · resigned 1995-03-09
Resigned
BALEZENTIS, Carl W, Dr→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-07-09 · resigned 2011-03-23
Resigned
BENCH, David Ari→
director · ~53y · appointed 2020-01-23 · resigned 2022-11-14
Resigned
BOECHER, Wilfried→
director · ~88y · appointed 2001-04-18 · resigned 2005-12-31
Resigned
CANNON, Kara Anne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-09-05 · resigned 2025-09-15
Resigned
CHAPPUIS-ROESLING, George Rene, Dr→
director · ~78y · appointed 1995-05-10 · resigned 2008-07-09
Resigned
CRESCENZO, Andrew R→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-07-09 · resigned 2014-04-30
Resigned
ERFANIAN, Hamid Reza→
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-04-01 · resigned 2023-09-05
Resigned
HOARE, Stephen Michael, Dr→
director · ~70y · appointed 1995-03-09 · resigned 2001-04-18
Resigned
O'BRIEN, James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-05-01 · resigned 2019-12-27
Resigned
SLANSKY, Richard→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-06-12 · resigned 1999-03-08
Resigned
WEINER, Barry→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-07-09 · resigned 2022-04-01
Resigned
WHITELEY, Andrew Paul→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-08-27 · resigned 2014-05-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge of deposit1 property08/05/2003—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property12/07/1999—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property04/08/1998—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property05/09/1997—
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Recent filings (114 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-11