AZURE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04518954 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£62.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £62,306
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,104 YoY
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£35k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£62k
↓ 7.6% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£13k£27k£40k£54k£67kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£72.2k£77.3k
Current assets£34.8k£40.0k
Cash£34.6k£39.8k
Debtors£218£214
Net assets£62.3k£67.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-03-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2022-04-25
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2019-04-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-12
    ➖
    IRISH, Thomas Winzer resigned
    director
  18. 2002-08-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AZURE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  19. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    TUCKER, Elizma Victoria Mary appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    TUCKER, Elizma Victoria Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-08-27
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    IRISH, Thomas Winzer appointed
    director
  24. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-08-27
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (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 81 — 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 81 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
Mrs Elizma Victoria Mary Tucker
Individual · British · DOB 05/1945 · age 81
25–50%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Vanda Grace Irishceased 14/03/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Executors Of Thomas Winzer Irishceased 12/11/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2002-08-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Riversdale
Ashburton Road
Totnes
Devon
TQ9 5JU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

TUCKER, Elizma Victoria Mary→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TUCKER, Elizma Victoria Mary→
director · ~81y · appointed 2002-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-27 · resigned 2002-08-27
Resigned
IRISH, Thomas Winzer→
director · ~91y · appointed 2002-08-27 · resigned 2017-11-12
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-27 · resigned 2002-08-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19