P & R ROBINSON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04410163 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-05

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-34.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01410

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -98% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £34,623

Very low cash

Cash position: £58

Cash draining

Cash down 98% YoY

Cash YoY

-98%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£58

↓ 98% YoY

Net Worth

-£35k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-33.0k	£-42.8k
Cash	£58	£3.3k
Net assets	£-34.6k	£-45.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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2024-11-29
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2023-10-26
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2022-06-07
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2021-05-27
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2020-04-23
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2019-05-22
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2018-07-09
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2017-07-06
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2016-12-22
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accounts · AA
2016-05-15
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-05
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accounts · AA
2015-04-23
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2014-11-17
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2014-04-09
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2002-04-19
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ROBINSON, Rachael Louise appointed
secretary
2002-04-19
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ROBINSON, Philip Joseph appointed
director
2002-04-19
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2002-04-19
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2002-04-05
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Company incorporated
As P & R ROBINSON LIMITED
2002-04-05
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2002-04-05
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROBINSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Philip Joseph Robinson Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-04-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

Wormald Farm, Barkisland

Halifax

West Yorkshire

HX4 0ET

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-03

Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ROBINSON, Rachael Louise→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-19

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Active

ROBINSON, Philip Joseph→

director · ~57y · appointed 2002-04-19

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-05 · resigned 2002-04-19

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-05 · resigned 2002-04-19

Resigned

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