ARGUN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03500161 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-28
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  4. 2022-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-05-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-04-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-11-30
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    GUNBIE, Deborah Louise resigned
    secretary
  17. 2001-03-01
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    GUNBIE, Deborah Louise appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-03-01
    ➖
    GUNBIE, Alan Roy resigned
    director
  19. 2000-10-10
    ➖
    GUNBIE, Eleanor resigned
    secretary
  20. 1999-10-01
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    GUNBIE, Eleanor resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-02-01
    ➕
    GUNBIE, Eleanor appointed
    secretary
  22. 1998-01-29
    ➖
    ON LINE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1998-01-29
    ➖
    ON LINE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1998-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ARGUN LIMITED
  25. 1998-01-28
    ➕
    GUNBIE, Alana Rory appointed
    director
  26. 1998-01-28
    ➕
    GUNBIE, Eleanor appointed
    secretary
  27. 1998-01-28
    ➕
    ON LINE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-01-28
    ➕
    GUNBIE, Alan Roy appointed
    director
  29. 1998-01-28
    ➕
    ON LINE FORMATIONS 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 69. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Alana Rory Gunbie
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/05/2016

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
Incorporated1998-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

69 Chestnut Crescent
Chudleigh
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ13 0PT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

GUNBIE, Alana Rory→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUNBIE, Deborah Louise→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-01 · resigned 2011-11-30
Resigned
GUNBIE, Eleanor→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2000-10-10
Resigned
GUNBIE, Eleanor→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-28 · resigned 1999-10-01
Resigned
ON LINE REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-28 · resigned 1998-01-29
Resigned
GUNBIE, Alan Roy→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-01-28 · resigned 2001-03-01
Resigned
ON LINE FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-01-28 · resigned 1998-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-11-25