ALAN ATKINSON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04410392 · 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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£9.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,857

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,175 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£10k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£10k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£9.9k	£11.0k
Current assets	£9.6k	£8.4k
Net assets	£9.9k	£11.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

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

2025-07-21
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accounts · AA
2025-01-28
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accounts · AA
2024-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-05
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-23
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-08-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-04-29
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2002-04-05
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Company incorporated
As ALAN ATKINSON LIMITED
2002-04-05
➕
ATKINSON, Geraldine Mary appointed
secretary
2002-04-05
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ATKINSON, Alan Kenneth appointed
director
2002-04-05
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GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
nominee-secretary
2002-04-05
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GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
nominee-secretary
2002-04-05
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
nominee-director
2002-04-05
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ATKINSON" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Kenneth Atkinson Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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 SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Eden House

Newholm

Whitby

North Yorkshire

YO21 3QY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-03

Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ATKINSON, Geraldine Mary→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-05

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Active

ATKINSON, Alan Kenneth→

director · ~66y · appointed 2002-04-05

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Active

GRAEME, Dorothy May→

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

Resigned

GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→

nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2002-04-05 · resigned 2002-04-05

Resigned

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