A. LEWIS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04489100 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-18

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£132

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Driving school activities

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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 (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

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 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 £132

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,150 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£132

↓ 94% YoY

Current Assets

£2k

↓ 48% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£132	£2.3k
Current assets	£2.3k	£4.3k
Net assets	£132	£2.3k

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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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2025-02-19
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accounts · AA
2024-01-26
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accounts · AA
2023-01-10
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accounts · AA
2022-01-21
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accounts · AA
2021-01-08
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accounts · AA
2020-01-20
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accounts · AA
2019-01-14
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accounts · AA
2018-01-31
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accounts · AA
2017-07-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-07-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-28
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annual-return · AR01
2015-02-02
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accounts · AA
2002-07-22
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LEWIS, Gillian appointed
secretary
2002-07-22
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LEWIS, Alan appointed
director
2002-07-22
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COMPANY SECRETARY (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2002-07-22
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COMPANY DIRECTOR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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2002-07-18
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Company incorporated
As A. LEWIS LIMITED
2002-07-18
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COMPANY SECRETARY (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-07-18
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COMPANY DIRECTOR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-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 "LEWIS" — 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 79 — 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 79 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Gillian Lewis Individual · British · DOB 11/1946 · age 80	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Alan Lewis Individual · British · DOB 12/1947 · age 79	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-07-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

17 Hilltop Crescent

The Common

Pontypridd

Rhondda Cynon Taff

CF37 4AD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-01

Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LEWIS, Gillian→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-22

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Active

LEWIS, Alan→

director · ~79y · appointed 2002-07-22

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Active

COMPANY SECRETARY (NOMINEES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2002-07-22

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTOR NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2002-07-22

Resigned

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