A. FRIZELL LIMITED

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04699117 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-17
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
£178.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 23.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £178,548

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£179k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£151k
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£36k£71k£107k£143k£179kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£658.7k£738.8k
Current assets£151.2k£154.3k
Net assets£178.5k£155.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-13
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  5. 2021-12-20
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  6. 2020-12-22
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  7. 2020-01-03
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  8. 2019-01-05
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-05
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-08
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    address · AD01
  11. 2017-01-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2017-01-05
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-01-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2017-01-05
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-05-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2003-04-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2003-03-18
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    BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2003-03-18
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    BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2003-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As A. FRIZELL LIMITED
  21. 2003-03-17
    ➕
    FRIZELL, Sheena Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-03-17
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    FRIZELL, Andrew Hodgson, Mr. appointed
    director
  23. 2003-03-17
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    BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-03-17
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    BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD appointed
    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 "FRIZELL" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Andrew Hodgson Frizell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated2003-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Beechwood On Lyne
Longtown
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA6 5TS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

FRIZELL, Sheena Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRIZELL, Andrew Hodgson, Mr.→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-17 · resigned 2003-03-18
Resigned
BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-17 · resigned 2003-03-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property06/05/2005—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property14/04/2003—
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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
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accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-15