ALAN LINDFIELD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03304753 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-20

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£984

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £984

Net assets shrinking

Down £917 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£984

↓ 48% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£984	£1.9k
Current assets	£2.5k	£4.1k
Net assets	£984	£1.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-03
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officers · CH01
2026-03-03
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2026-03-03
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officers · CH01
2025-09-01
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2024-09-09
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2023-09-18
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2022-07-26
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2021-08-11
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2020-08-04
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2019-10-17
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2018-10-19
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2017-08-11
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2016-10-12
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2016-06-03
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address · AD01
2016-02-05
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annual-return · AR01
2013-10-07
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SIMMONS, Steven Roy resigned
secretary
2005-07-09
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LINDFIELD, Patricia Mary Lily resigned
secretary
2005-07-09
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SIMMONS, Steven Roy appointed
secretary
1997-01-20
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Company incorporated
As ALAN LINDFIELD LIMITED
1997-01-20
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LINDFIELD, Alan appointed
director
1997-01-20
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LINDFIELD, Patricia Mary Lily appointed
secretary
1997-01-20
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-01-20
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-01-20
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-01-20
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WATERLOW NOMINEES 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 "LINDFIELD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Lindfield Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	20/01/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-01-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

38 Salisbury Road

Worthing

West Sussex

BN11 1RD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

LINDFIELD, Alan→

director · ~57y · appointed 1997-01-20

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Active

LINDFIELD, Patricia Mary Lily→

secretary · appointed 1997-01-20 · resigned 2005-07-09

Resigned

SIMMONS, Steven Roy→

secretary · appointed 2005-07-09 · resigned 2013-10-07

Resigned

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-20 · resigned 1997-01-20

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-01-20 · resigned 1997-01-20

Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-03

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-03-03

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-03