A LEONARD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03960334 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-30
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, 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).

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, 2 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 (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 75% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2£2
Current assets£7.6k£4.3k
Net assets£2£2

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-05-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-03-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2020-03-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2000-04-25
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    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2000-04-25
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    QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  19. 2000-04-01
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    LEONARD, Fay Louisa appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-04-01
    ➕
    LEONARD, Andrew Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2000-03-30
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    Company incorporated
    As A LEONARD LIMITED
  22. 2000-03-30
    ➕
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-03-30
    ➕
    QA 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 "LEONARD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 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 candidate

Strong 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Andrew Robert Leonard
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
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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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

38 The Leas
Baldock
SG7 6HZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LEONARD, Fay Louisa→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEONARD, Andrew Robert→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-30 · resigned 2000-04-25
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-30 · resigned 2000-04-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-08