FALCON AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03603486 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-24
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
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
68 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-10-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2017-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-07-31📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2017-07-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 1998-07-24🏢Company incorporatedAs FALCON AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING LIMITED
- 1998-07-24➕MILLINGTON, Caroline appointedsecretary
- 1998-07-24➕MILLINGTON, Philip Nigel appointeddirector
- 1998-07-24➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-07-24➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 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 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Philip Nigel Millington Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 24/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-07-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
10 Stadium Business Court, Millennium Way
Pride Park
Derby
DE24 8HP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MILLINGTON, Caroline→
Activesecretary · appointed 1998-07-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILLINGTON, Philip Nigel→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 1998-07-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-24 · resigned 1998-07-24
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Recent filings (68 total)
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2026-03-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-26