I.C.A & TELEMETRY SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03373716 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-20

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

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 36000

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

37000SIC 37000

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 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

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Average employees	200	200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-07-03
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2024-07-23
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2023-08-14
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2022-10-28
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2021-08-12
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2020-06-23
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2019-07-30
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2018-07-25
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accounts · AA
2017-08-11
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accounts · AA
2016-07-15
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accounts · AA
2016-06-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-08
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-31
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accounts · AA
2014-06-04
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annual-return · AR01
1997-05-20
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Company incorporated
As I.C.A & TELEMETRY SERVICES LIMITED
1997-05-20
➕
HARDING, Lisa Rae appointed
secretary
1997-05-20
➕
HARDING, Paul David appointed
director
1997-05-20
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SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-05-20
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SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-05-20
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SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-05-20
➖
SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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 Paul David Harding Individual · English · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	20/05/2017

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

Incorporated1997-05-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

Laurelbank House, Eckweek Lane

Peasedown St. John

Bath

BA2 8PH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-03

Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HARDING, Lisa Rae→

secretary · appointed 1997-05-20

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Active

HARDING, Paul David→

director · ~60y · appointed 1997-05-20

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Active

SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-20 · resigned 1997-05-20

Resigned

SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-05-20 · resigned 1997-05-20

Resigned

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