CARGLOW LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03461055 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-05
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£865.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02200
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
77 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £865,436
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£609k
↑ 5.6% YoY
Net Worth
£865k
↑ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£611k
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£173k£346k£519k£692k£865kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£865.4k£850.9k
Current assets£611.5k£591.2k
Cash£608.5k£576.0k
Debtors£3.0k—
Net assets£865.4k£850.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-08-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-01-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 1997-11-06
    ➕
    LADE, Annie Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  17. 1997-11-06
    ➕
    LADE, David Alan appointed
    director
  18. 1997-11-06
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1997-11-06
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 1997-11-05
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    Company incorporated
    As CARGLOW LIMITED
  21. 1997-11-05
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-11-05
    ➕
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Alan Lade
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-11-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02200 — SIC 02200

Registered office

2a-3a Market Gate
Pershore
Worcestershire
WR10 1DZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LADE, Annie Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LADE, David Alan→
director · ~74y · appointed 1997-11-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-05 · resigned 1997-11-06
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-05 · resigned 1997-11-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-08