CARLETON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03839751 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-10
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
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
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
67 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 £1
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£1£1£1Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£1£1
Cash£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-11-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-10
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2020-12-08
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2020-04-22
    ➖
    WEVILL, Richard Graham resigned
    secretary
  13. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 1999-09-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CARLETON LIMITED
  18. 1999-09-10
    ➕
    FITRZYK, Nicholas George appointed
    director
  19. 1999-09-10
    ➕
    WEVILL, Richard Graham appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-09-10
    ➕
    ON LINE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-09-10
    ➖
    ON LINE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-09-10
    ➕
    ON LINE FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-09-10
    ➖
    ON LINE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Mr Nicholas George Fitrzyk
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Pattisson House
Addison Road
Chesham
Buckinghamshire
HP5 2BD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

FITRZYK, Nicholas George→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEVILL, Richard Graham→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-10 · resigned 2020-04-22
Resigned
ON LINE REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-10 · resigned 1999-09-10
Resigned
ON LINE FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-10 · resigned 1999-09-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-12-10