ALEX ROSEN ASSOCIATES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04655288 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-03
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
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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: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-11📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-02-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-10📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-02-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2003-02-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ALEX ROSEN ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- 2003-02-03➕ROSEN, Susan Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2003-02-03➕ROSEN, Alexander Blair appointeddirector
- 2003-02-03➕ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-02-03➖ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROSEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Susan Rosen Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/02/2018 |
Mr Alex Blair Rosen Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest | 03/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities
Registered office
The Mount 72 Paris Street
Exeter
Devon
EX1 2JY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
ROSEN, Susan Elizabeth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROSEN, Alexander Blair→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2003-02-03
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ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-03 · resigned 2003-02-03
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Recent filings (72 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-02-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09