EUROFILES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04659770 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-10

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 Feb 2026

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2026-02-28	2025-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-05-06
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2025-08-07
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2024-06-06
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2023-05-25
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2022-08-23
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2021-09-01
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2020-08-04
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2019-07-31
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2018-10-25
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2017-10-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-09-25
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2016-09-19
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2016-02-15
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2015-09-16
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2015-03-02
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2008-10-02
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RAVENHILL, Nicola resigned
secretary
2003-02-10
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Company incorporated
As EUROFILES LIMITED
2003-02-10
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RAVENHILL, Simon Philip appointed
director
2003-02-10
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RAVENHILL, Nicola appointed
secretary
2003-02-10
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-02-10
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2003-02-10
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2003-02-10
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Simon Philip Ravenhill Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-02-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The Mount

Brantfell Raod

Windermere

Cumbria

LA23 3AE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

RAVENHILL, Simon Philip→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-02-10

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Active

RAVENHILL, Nicola→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2008-10-02

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2003-02-10

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2003-02-10

Resigned

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