BODY BACK-UP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03690671 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-31

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: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-06-26
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2025-07-31
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2024-08-19
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2023-05-15
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2022-07-25
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2021-06-07
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2020-09-29
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accounts · AA
2020-08-20
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address · AD01
2019-07-22
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accounts · AA
2019-07-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-07-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-30
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accounts · AA
2016-06-16
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accounts · AA
2016-02-04
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2008-08-29
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LANSMAN, Veronica Miriam appointed
secretary
2008-08-29
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WITHINGTON, Karen resigned
secretary
1998-12-31
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Company incorporated
As BODY BACK-UP LIMITED
1998-12-31
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LANSMAN, Robin Jack appointed
director
1998-12-31
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WITHINGTON, Karen appointed
secretary
1998-12-31
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-12-31
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-12-31
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1998-12-31
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COMPANY DIRECTORS 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 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 60. 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.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robin Jack Lansman Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-12-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

C/O N R Betts & Co 2 Fountain Court

Victoria Square

St Albans

Hertfordshire

AL1 3TF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LANSMAN, Veronica Miriam→

secretary · appointed 2008-08-29

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Active

LANSMAN, Robin Jack→

director · ~60y · appointed 1998-12-31

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Active

WITHINGTON, Karen→

secretary · appointed 1998-12-31 · resigned 2008-08-29

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-12-31 · resigned 1998-12-31

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-12-31 · resigned 1998-12-31

Resigned

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