7 LAYER SOLUTIONS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03817853 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-02
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£122.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 59). 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
2 live charges · oldest 8.9y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.9 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
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
88 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £122,411
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£95k
↓ 10.0% YoY
Net Worth
£122k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Current Assets
£132k
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £123.5k | £119.5k |
| Current assets | £132.4k | £129.2k |
| Cash | £94.8k | £105.3k |
| Debtors | £37.6k | £23.2k |
| Net assets | £122.4k | £118.6k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-11-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-11-01🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2021-11-01🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-05📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2020-03-05📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2020-02-28➖BALL, Phillip resigneddirector
- 2018-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-08-25🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2017-08-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2013-07-04➕BALL, Phillip appointeddirector
- 2010-05-28➖WOOD, Richard Frank resigneddirector
- 2009-01-01➕MAISNER, Lee appointedsecretary
- 2008-12-31➖MCDONNELL, John Charles resignedsecretary
- 2008-12-31➖MCDONNELL, John Charles resigneddirector
- 2007-08-01➕MCDONNELL, John Charles appointedsecretary
- 2007-08-01➖WOOD, Richard Frank resignedsecretary
- 2007-08-01➕MCDONNELL, John Charles appointeddirector
- 1999-08-02🏢Company incorporatedAs 7 LAYER SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 1999-08-02➕MAISNER, Lee appointeddirector
- 1999-08-02➕WOOD, Richard Frank appointedsecretary
- 1999-08-02➕LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-08-02➖LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-08-02➕WOOD, Richard Frank appointeddirector
- 1999-08-02➕LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-08-02➖LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
93/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. 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 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Lee Maisner Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 02/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities
Registered office
13 Grace Gardens
Cheltenham
GL51 6QE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-16
Last: 2025-09-02
Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)
Active
MAISNER, Lee→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 1999-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDONNELL, John Charles→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-08-01 · resigned 2008-12-31
WOOD, Richard Frank→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-08-02 · resigned 2007-08-01
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-08-02 · resigned 1999-08-02
BALL, Phillip→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2013-07-04 · resigned 2020-02-28
MCDONNELL, John Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2007-08-01 · resigned 2008-12-31
WOOD, Richard Frank→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 1999-08-02 · resigned 2010-05-28
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-08-02 · resigned 1999-08-02
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/08/2017 | 01/11/2021 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/08/2017 | 01/11/2021 |
Recent filings (88 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-11-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29