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💤Zombieactive
04608619 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-04
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: General secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-22📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2003-03-01➕AHMAD, Tahira appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-01➕AHMAD, Qamar appointeddirector
- 2002-12-09➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-12-09➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-12-04🏢Company incorporatedAs A1 GRADE TUTORS LTD
- 2002-12-04➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-12-04➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 23 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Qamar Ahmad Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Similar companies
Active · Education & training · UB postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP EDUCATION LIMITED→ 13365110 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BE ACTIVE SPORTS & CLUBS LIMITED→ 12572139 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| BOOKWORM EDUCATION LTD→ 16683231 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BRAMPTON EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→ 02699891 · est 1992 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 34y | — | — |
| BRENT UNITED CIC→ 15019065 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BTAILOR'ED LTD→ 16327466 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BTN MEDIA & TRAINING LTD→ 12431876 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| BUTTERFLY ACADEMY LIMITED→ 14039361 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BUTTERFLY LEARNING LIMITED→ 11111008 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| BUTTERFLY TUITION LIMITED→ 17115439 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| C-INCLUSIVELY CIC→ 14551960 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CAMBIAN AUTISM SERVICES LIMITED→ 03449214 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-12-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education
Registered office
21- 23 Kingsley Avenue
Southall
Middlesex
UB1 2NA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
Active
AHMAD, Qamar→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2003-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-04 · resigned 2002-12-09
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-04 · resigned 2002-12-09
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Recent filings (53 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-14