CONTROL VALVES UK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04320404 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-09
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees400400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-25
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    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2026-02-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-13
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-11
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    address · AD01
  13. 2017-07-10
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-10
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    capital · SH01
  15. 2016-09-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2008-07-23
    ➖
    RIX, Catherine Edith resigned
    secretary
  17. 2002-09-09
    ➖
    MCDONALD, Peter resigned
    director
  18. 2002-09-08
    ➕
    RIX, Catherine Edith appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-09-08
    ➖
    RIX, Oliver Thomas resigned
    secretary
  20. 2001-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CONTROL VALVES UK LIMITED
  21. 2001-11-09
    ➕
    RIX, Oliver Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2001-11-09
    ➕
    RIX, Oliver Thomas appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-11-09
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-11-09
    ➖
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-11-09
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Peter appointed
    director
  26. 2001-11-09
    ➕
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2001-11-09
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS 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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Oliver Thomas Rix
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares09/11/2016

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
Incorporated2001-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Unit 19, Sovereign Enterprise Centre
Warrington Road
Wigan
Lancashire
WN1 3AB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

RIX, Oliver Thomas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIX, Catherine Edith→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-08 · resigned 2008-07-23
Resigned
RIX, Oliver Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-09 · resigned 2002-09-08
Resigned
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-09 · resigned 2001-11-09
Resigned
MCDONALD, Peter→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-11-09 · resigned 2002-09-09
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-09 · resigned 2001-11-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-02-25
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16