ELLSEY & CO. LIMITED

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03584128 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-19
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£2.53M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10840
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (78/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
82 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,530,266
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.9m
↓ 2.3% YoY
Net Worth
£2.5m
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£2.5m
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£510k£1.0m£1.5m£2.0m£2.5mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£2.53M£2.17M
Current assets£2.55M£2.20M
Cash£1.95M£1.99M
Debtors£601.9k£201.9k
Net assets£2.53M£2.17M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    officers · AP03
  2. 2025-07-21
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    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-07-15
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Gail appointed
    secretary
  4. 2025-07-15
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    WILLIAMS, Matthew Edward resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-07-15
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  6. 2024-09-25
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  7. 2023-09-19
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  8. 2022-10-03
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  9. 2021-07-27
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  10. 2020-10-01
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  11. 2019-06-18
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  12. 2018-06-25
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  13. 2017-07-31
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  14. 2016-06-07
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  15. 2015-09-02
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  16. 2015-07-21
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  17. 2015-05-06
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  18. 2014-12-16
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    WILLIAMS, Matthew Edward appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-12-16
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Timothy John resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-12-16
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Arthur Wilfred John resigned
    director
  21. 1998-06-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ELLSEY & CO. LIMITED
  22. 1998-06-19
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Timothy John appointed
    director
  23. 1998-06-19
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Timothy John appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-06-19
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-06-19
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-06-19
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Arthur Wilfred John appointed
    director
  27. 1998-06-19
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1998-06-19
    ➖
    WATERLOW 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 61. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mr Timothy John Williams
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
——board controlboard control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1998-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10840 — SIC 10840

Registered office

Unit 1 Tetbury Close
Challenge Way
Martland Park Wigan
Lancashire
WN5 0LA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Gail→
secretary · appointed 2025-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Timothy John→
director · ~61y · appointed 1998-06-19
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Active
WILLIAMS, Matthew Edward→
secretary · appointed 2014-12-16 · resigned 2025-07-15
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Timothy John→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-19 · resigned 2014-12-16
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-06-19 · resigned 1998-06-19
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Arthur Wilfred John→
director · ~94y · appointed 1998-06-19 · resigned 2014-12-16
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-06-19 · resigned 1998-06-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-07-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-21
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accounts · AA
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
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accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
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accounts · AA
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12