BLIZZARD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04296445 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-01
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (77/100)

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, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2017-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-30
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    GRITZ, Adam resigned
    secretary
  13. 2017-10-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2016-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-02
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-05-31
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    GRITZ, Adam appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-05-31
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    O'SHEA, Hayley resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BLIZZARD LIMITED
  20. 2001-10-01
    ➕
    TUCKER, Philip appointed
    director
  21. 2001-10-01
    ➕
    O'SHEA, Hayley appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-10-01
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-10-01
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-10-01
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-10-01
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL 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 72 — 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 72 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 Philip Tucker
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
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
Incorporated2001-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

2 St. Georges Close
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH8 9DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

TUCKER, Philip→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-10-01
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Active
GRITZ, Adam→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-31 · resigned 2017-10-30
Resigned
O'SHEA, Hayley→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-01 · resigned 2014-05-31
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-01 · resigned 2001-10-01
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-01 · resigned 2001-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-08