ALTIUS CORPORATE DESIGN AND BUILD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04345644 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-27
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.
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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: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
70 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2024-09-19
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  3. 2023-09-25
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-01-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-06-22
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    COWLE, Jonathan Antony resigned
    secretary
  17. 2011-06-22
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    COWLE, Jonathan Antony resigned
    director
  18. 2011-06-22
    ➖
    GATELEY, John Kevin resigned
    director
  19. 2001-12-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ALTIUS CORPORATE DESIGN AND BUILD LIMITED
  20. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    ASH, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    COWLE, Jonathan Antony appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-12-27
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    COWLE, Jonathan Antony appointed
    director
  25. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    GATELEY, John Kevin appointed
    director
  26. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2001-12-27
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES 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 24 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Anthony Ash
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
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
Incorporated2001-12-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

17 Bure Lane
Christchurch
Dorset
BH23 4DJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

ASH, Paul Anthony→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWLE, Jonathan Antony→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2011-06-22
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2001-12-27
Resigned
COWLE, Jonathan Antony→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2011-06-22
Resigned
GATELEY, John Kevin→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2011-06-22
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2001-12-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06