ALLTRONICS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04010303 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-08

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33140

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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 (76/100)

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

9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

75 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	1	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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-06-30
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-06
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officers · TM02
2019-02-28
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BARNES, Christine resigned
secretary
2018-06-11
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officers · CH01
2018-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-09
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2010-03-31
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BARNES, Christine appointed
secretary
2010-03-31
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SMITH, Kenneth Leonard resigned
secretary
2003-05-30
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SMITH, Kenneth Leonard appointed
secretary
2003-05-05
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SAUNDERS, Adam Leigh Christopher resigned
secretary
2003-05-05
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SAUNDERS, Adam Leigh Christopher resigned
director
2002-05-18
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SAUNDERS, Adam Leigh Christopher appointed
secretary
2002-05-18
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STAPLES, Stephen Raymond Anthony resigned
secretary
2002-05-18
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STAPLES, Stephen Raymond Anthony resigned
director
2000-06-14
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MACZKA, John Stephen appointed
director
2000-06-14
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STAPLES, Stephen Raymond Anthony appointed
secretary
2000-06-14
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SAUNDERS, Adam Leigh Christopher appointed
director
2000-06-14
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STAPLES, Stephen Raymond Anthony appointed
director
2000-06-08
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Company incorporated
As ALLTRONICS LIMITED
2000-06-08
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QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-06-08
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QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-06-08
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QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-06-08
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QA NOMINEES 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Stephen Maczka Individual · English · DOB 04/1951 · age 75	75–100%	75–100%	sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence · firm interest	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2000-06-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

Unit 3 Laurence Industrial

Estate, Eastwoodbury Lane

Southend On Sea

Essex

SS2 6RH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-22

Last: 2026-06-08

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

MACZKA, John Stephen→

director · ~75y · appointed 2000-06-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BARNES, Christine→

secretary · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2019-02-28

Resigned

SAUNDERS, Adam Leigh Christopher→

secretary · appointed 2002-05-18 · resigned 2003-05-05

Resigned

SMITH, Kenneth Leonard→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2010-03-31

Resigned

STAPLES, Stephen Raymond Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2000-06-14 · resigned 2002-05-18

Resigned

QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-08 · resigned 2000-06-08

Resigned

SAUNDERS, Adam Leigh Christopher→

director · ~54y · appointed 2000-06-14 · resigned 2003-05-05

Resigned

STAPLES, Stephen Raymond Anthony→

director · ~62y · appointed 2000-06-14 · resigned 2002-05-18

Resigned

QA NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-08 · resigned 2000-06-08

Resigned

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