ANNETTE LIVINGSTONE AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03793294 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-22
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£9
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £9

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£9
Current Assets
£55k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£22k£33k£44k£55kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£9—
Current assets£54.9k—
Debtors£54.9k—
Net assets£9—
Average employees—100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-02-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  17. 2011-12-30
    ➖
    SYDER, Jacqueline resigned
    secretary
  18. 2000-12-11
    ➕
    SYDER, Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-12-11
    ➖
    BYRON COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1999-08-06
    ➕
    LIVINGSTONE, Annette Davina appointed
    director
  21. 1999-08-06
    ➕
    BYRON COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1999-08-06
    ➖
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-08-06
    ➖
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1999-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ANNETTE LIVINGSTONE AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  25. 1999-06-22
    ➕
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-06-22
    ➕
    RM NOMINEES 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIVINGSTONE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
Ms Annette Davina Livingstone
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
Incorporated1999-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Registered office

23 Westfield Park
Bristol
BS6 6LT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

LIVINGSTONE, Annette Davina→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SYDER, Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-11 · resigned 2011-12-30
Resigned
BYRON COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-08-06 · resigned 2000-12-11
Resigned
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-06-22 · resigned 1999-08-06
Resigned
RM NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-06-22 · resigned 1999-08-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property20/02/2014—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-30