ALL UTILITIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04567381 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-18
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46120
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (77/100)

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
10 officers (1 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2016-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-07-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2011-09-21
    COXHEAD, Jonathan Edward resigned
    director
  17. 2011-01-05
    CLARKE, Brian Sydney resigned
    director
  18. 2009-01-01
    CLARKE, Brian Sydney appointed
    director
  19. 2008-11-10
    SMITH, John resigned
    director
  20. 2008-11-04
    NEILSON, Ian Thomas resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-11-04
    NEILSON, Ian Thomas resigned
    director
  22. 2007-12-20
    COXHEAD, Jonathan Edward appointed
    director
  23. 2007-12-20
    SMITH, John appointed
    director
  24. 2006-07-20
    NEILSON, Ian Thomas appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-07-20
    ROBINSON, Andrew Wilfred resigned
    secretary
  26. 2003-10-06
    KHAN, Amjid Mahmood resigned
    director
  27. 2003-05-09
    KHAN, Amjid Mahmood appointed
    director
  28. 2003-04-11
    ALI, Asghar resigned
    director
  29. 2003-04-11
    MATAOAR, Mubarak resigned
    director
  30. 2002-11-06
    ALI, Asghar appointed
    director
  31. 2002-11-06
    MATAOAR, Mubarak appointed
    director
  32. 2002-10-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALL UTILITIES LIMITED
  33. 2002-10-18
    ROBINSON, Andrew Wilfred appointed
    director
  34. 2002-10-18
    ROBINSON, Andrew Wilfred appointed
    secretary
  35. 2002-10-18
    NEILSON, Ian Thomas appointed
    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 69 — 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 69. 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Wilfred Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46120 — SIC 46120

Registered office

Unit 1 Barons Court
Graceways
Blackpool
FY4 5GP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (1 active · 9 resigned)

ROBINSON, Andrew Wilfred
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEILSON, Ian Thomas
secretary · appointed 2006-07-20 · resigned 2008-11-04
Resigned
ROBINSON, Andrew Wilfred
secretary · appointed 2002-10-18 · resigned 2006-07-20
Resigned
ALI, Asghar
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-11-06 · resigned 2003-04-11
Resigned
CLARKE, Brian Sydney
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-01-01 · resigned 2011-01-05
Resigned
COXHEAD, Jonathan Edward
director · ~40y · appointed 2007-12-20 · resigned 2011-09-21
Resigned
KHAN, Amjid Mahmood
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-05-09 · resigned 2003-10-06
Resigned
MATAOAR, Mubarak
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-11-06 · resigned 2003-04-11
Resigned
NEILSON, Ian Thomas
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-10-18 · resigned 2008-11-04
Resigned
SMITH, John
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-12-20 · resigned 2008-11-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-15