COMMODITY PARTNERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03183922 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-10
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (77/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    AFRIYE, William resigned
    director
  2. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-01-26
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-02
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  13. 2016-04-10
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  14. 2016-01-24
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  15. 2015-04-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-12-25
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  17. 2008-02-01
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    AFRIYE, Kofi resigned
    director
  18. 2008-02-01
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    AFRIYE, William appointed
    director
  19. 1998-01-20
    ➕
    AFRIYE, Kofi appointed
    director
  20. 1998-01-20
    ➖
    BRYAN, Tony John resigned
    director
  21. 1996-04-10
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    Company incorporated
    As COMMODITY PARTNERS LIMITED
  22. 1996-04-10
    ➕
    OFORI-AFRIYE, Edward appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-04-10
    ➕
    OFORI-AFRIYE, Edward appointed
    director
  24. 1996-04-10
    ➕
    BRYAN, Tony John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 Edward Ofori-Afriye
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2017

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
Incorporated1996-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

15 Kitchener Road
Thornton Heath
Surrey
CR7 8QN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

OFORI-AFRIYE, Edward→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-10
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Active
OFORI-AFRIYE, Edward→
director · ~63y · appointed 1996-04-10
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Active
AFRIYE, Kofi→
director · ~61y · appointed 1998-01-20 · resigned 2008-02-01
Resigned
AFRIYE, William→
director · ~52y · appointed 2008-02-01 · resigned 2026-01-26
Resigned
BRYAN, Tony John→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-04-10 · resigned 1998-01-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-05-06