ALDIUM CARE INSURANCE SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
04288647 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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 (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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
60 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-31
    ➖
    CLARKE, Andrew resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-12-31
    ➖
    CLARKE, Andrew resigned
    director
  9. 2022-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2001-09-28
    ➕
    CLARKE, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-09-28
    ➖
    PUGH, Stephen Kevin John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-09-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALDIUM CARE INSURANCE SERVICES LTD
  20. 2001-09-17
    ➕
    PUGH, Stephen Kevin John appointed
    director
  21. 2001-09-17
    ➕
    PUGH, Stephen Kevin John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-09-17
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-09-17
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-09-17
    ➕
    CLARKE, Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 2001-09-17
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-09-17
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES 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 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 Stephen Kevin John Pugh
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—sig. influence75-100% shares · significant influence01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2001-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

Viscount House, High Street
Neston
Merseyside
CH64 9AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

PUGH, Stephen Kevin John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKE, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-28 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
PUGH, Stephen Kevin John→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-17 · resigned 2001-09-28
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-17 · resigned 2001-09-17
Resigned
CLARKE, Andrew→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-09-17 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-17 · resigned 2001-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-23