ANDREW ELLAWAY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04620124 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-18
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
£9.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
73 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,513

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
Net Worth
£10k
Current Assets
£35k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£13.2k
Current assets£34.9k
Cash£13.8k
Debtors£14.6k
Net assets£9.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-12-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-12-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-09-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2024-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2023-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2018-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDREW ELLAWAY LIMITED
  18. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    ELLAWAY, Lee Richard appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    ELLAWAY, Andrew Martin appointed
    director
  20. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-12-18
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-12-18
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-12-18
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ELLAWAY" — 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 71 — 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 71 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
Mr Andrew Martin Ellaway
Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting18/12/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated2002-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

68 Queen Street
Sheffield
S1 1WR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ELLAWAY, Lee Richard→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELLAWAY, Andrew Martin→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-18 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23