AKENHAM HALL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03354923 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-17
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 Mar 2025
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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
78 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-07-14
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-11-01
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-05-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-05-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-03-23
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    WHEATON, Anne Frances appointed
    secretary
  17. 2001-03-23
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    WHEATON, Thomas James resigned
    secretary
  18. 2001-03-23
    ➖
    WHEATON, Pamela Ann resigned
    director
  19. 2001-03-23
    ➖
    WHEATON, Philip Henry resigned
    director
  20. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    WHEATON, Thomas James appointed
    director
  21. 1997-04-30
    ➖
    SAUNDERS, Jane Ann resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    WHEATON, Thomas James appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-04-30
    ➖
    SAUNDERS, Jane Ann resigned
    director
  24. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    WHEATON, Pamela Ann appointed
    director
  25. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    WHEATON, Philip Henry appointed
    director
  26. 1997-04-30
    ➖
    WOLLASTON, Richard Hugh resigned
    nominee-director
  27. 1997-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AKENHAM HALL LIMITED
  28. 1997-04-17
    ➕
    SAUNDERS, Jane Ann appointed
    nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-04-17
    ➕
    SAUNDERS, Jane Ann appointed
    director
  30. 1997-04-17
    ➕
    WOLLASTON, Richard Hugh appointed
    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 29 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Thomas James Wheaton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Anne Frances Wheaton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Akenham Hall
Akenham
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP6 0HL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

WHEATON, Anne Frances→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEATON, Thomas James→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAUNDERS, Jane Ann→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-17 · resigned 1997-04-30
Resigned
WHEATON, Thomas James→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-30 · resigned 2001-03-23
Resigned
SAUNDERS, Jane Ann→
director · ~68y · appointed 1997-04-17 · resigned 1997-04-30
Resigned
WHEATON, Pamela Ann→
director · ~96y · appointed 1997-04-30 · resigned 2001-03-23
Resigned
WHEATON, Philip Henry→
director · ~96y · appointed 1997-04-30 · resigned 2001-03-23
Resigned
WOLLASTON, Richard Hugh→
nominee-director · ~79y · appointed 1997-04-17 · resigned 1997-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-27