DATA COMMS DIRECT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04465908 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-20
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£1.15M
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46520
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

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: 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,150,875
Cash YoY
+46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£230k£460k£691k£921k£1.2mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Cash£1.14M£777.6k
Net assets£1.15M£910.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-06
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  6. 2022-06-06
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-06-06
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  8. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-23
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  13. 2018-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-27
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  15. 2017-07-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-07-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2008-02-27
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    MOSS, Jason Dominic appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-02-27
    ➖
    MOSS, Alison resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-01-21
    ➖
    CADBY, Cristopher Peter resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-01-21
    ➕
    MOSS, Alison appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-01-21
    ➖
    CADBY, Cristopher Peter resigned
    director
  22. 2002-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As DATA COMMS DIRECT LIMITED
  23. 2002-06-20
    ➕
    MOSS, Jason Dominic appointed
    director
  24. 2002-06-20
    ➕
    CADBY, Cristopher Peter appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-06-20
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-06-20
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-06-20
    ➕
    CADBY, Cristopher Peter appointed
    director
  28. 2002-06-20
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-06-20
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jason Dominic Moss
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Becky Tickner
Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

3a & 3j
Westpark
Wellington
Somerset
TA21 9AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-20
Last: 2026-06-06

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MOSS, Jason Dominic→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOSS, Jason Dominic→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CADBY, Cristopher Peter→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-20 · resigned 2005-01-21
Resigned
MOSS, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-21 · resigned 2008-02-27
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-20 · resigned 2002-06-20
Resigned
CADBY, Cristopher Peter→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-06-20 · resigned 2005-01-21
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-20 · resigned 2002-06-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-14