ALBION HERITAGE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04248799 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-09
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£1£1£1Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets—£1
Net assets—£1
Average employees0—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2019-07-04
    ➖
    MCCARTHY, Mary Louise resigned
    secretary
  11. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-01-01
    ➖
    MORRIS, Ronald resigned
    secretary
  17. 2008-07-01
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    MCCARTHY, Mary Louise appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-07-11
    ➖
    BATTENS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2005-07-09
    ➕
    MORRIS, Ronald appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-27
    ➖
    LOVATT, David James resigned
    director
  21. 2002-09-01
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    LOVATT, David James appointed
    director
  22. 2001-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBION HERITAGE LIMITED
  23. 2001-07-09
    ➕
    LEESON, Mark Edward appointed
    director
  24. 2001-07-09
    ➕
    BATTENS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Mark Edward Leeson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares09/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated2001-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

47 Coldharbour
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 4HB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-23
Last: 2026-07-09

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

LEESON, Mark Edward→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCARTHY, Mary Louise→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-01 · resigned 2019-07-04
Resigned
MORRIS, Ronald→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-09 · resigned 2010-01-01
Resigned
BATTENS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-07-09 · resigned 2005-07-11
Resigned
LOVATT, David James→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-09-01 · resigned 2003-10-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-21