AKEK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04662701 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-11
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees0—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-02-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AKEK LIMITED
  17. 2003-02-11
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    KULBICKI, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-02-11
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    KULBICKI, Alexander Henry Nicholas appointed
    director
  19. 2003-02-11
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-02-11
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Kulbicki
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/02/2017
Mr Alexander Henry Nicholas Kulbicki
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/02/2017

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
Incorporated2003-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Singleton Court Business Park
Wonastow Road Industrial Estate (West)
Monmouth
Monmouthshire
NP25 5JA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KULBICKI, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-11
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Active
KULBICKI, Alexander Henry Nicholas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-02-11
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-11 · resigned 2003-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15