AXB LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04036590 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-19
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£-16.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 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 (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
62 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £16,446
Cash draining
Cash down 62% YoY
Cash YoY
-62%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 62% YoY
Net Worth
-£16k
↑ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£17k-£10k-£4k£2k£9k£15kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-16.4k£-16.9k
Current assets£9.0k£15.1k
Cash£1.2k£3.3k
Debtors£141£222
Net assets£-16.4k£-16.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-09-01
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  3. 2024-05-14
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  4. 2023-07-18
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  5. 2022-08-24
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  6. 2021-09-20
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  7. 2020-09-02
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  8. 2019-09-11
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  9. 2018-08-28
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  10. 2017-09-19
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  11. 2016-09-26
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  12. 2015-09-23
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  13. 2015-07-27
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  14. 2014-09-24
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  15. 2001-01-18
    ➕
    HAXBY, Julie appointed
    secretary
  16. 2001-01-18
    ➕
    HAXBY, Paul Francis appointed
    director
  17. 2001-01-18
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2001-01-18
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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  19. 2000-07-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AXB LIMITED
  20. 2000-07-19
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-07-19
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. 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 25 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 Paul Francis Haxby
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-07-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

4 Talbot Avenue
Barnby Dun
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN3 1AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-07
Last: 2025-08-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HAXBY, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-18
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Active
HAXBY, Paul Francis→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-01-18
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-19 · resigned 2001-01-18
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-07-19 · resigned 2001-01-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-14
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accounts · AA
2025-09-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-11