AKARANA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03480397 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-12
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 Dec 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 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 (76/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
87 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-16
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    DUTTON, Roger Spencer resigned
    director
  8. 2020-11-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2016-02-10
    ➖
    MANSFIELD, Lesley Ann resigned
    secretary
  17. 2016-02-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2003-05-01
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    DUTTON, Roger Spencer appointed
    director
  19. 2000-08-14
    ➖
    HUBRIG, Gary Peter resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-08-14
    ➕
    MANSFIELD, Lesley Ann appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-12-12
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    Company incorporated
    As AKARANA LIMITED
  22. 1997-12-12
    ➕
    DUTTON, Anthony Kenneth appointed
    director
  23. 1997-12-12
    ➕
    BREWER, Suzanne appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-12-12
    ➖
    BREWER, Suzanne resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-12-12
    ➕
    HUBRIG, Gary Peter appointed
    secretary
  26. 1997-12-12
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1997-12-12
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
    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 70 — 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 70 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 Anthony Kenneth Dutton
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
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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8 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
Incorporated1997-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

Tennyson House
Cambridge Business Park
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB4 0WZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

DUTTON, Anthony Kenneth→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWER, Suzanne→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-12 · resigned 1997-12-12
Resigned
HUBRIG, Gary Peter→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-12 · resigned 2000-08-14
Resigned
MANSFIELD, Lesley Ann→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-14 · resigned 2016-02-10
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1997-12-12 · resigned 1997-12-12
Resigned
DUTTON, Roger Spencer→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2020-11-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23