A. & C. DAMP-PROOFING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04701517 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-18

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

£23.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (75/100)

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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £23,079

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,875 YoY

Cash YoY

-14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£12k

↓ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£23k

↓ 7.5% YoY

Current Assets

£28k

↓ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£24.4k	£26.6k
Current assets	£27.9k	£31.1k
Cash	£11.6k	£13.4k
Debtors	£15.3k	£16.2k
Net assets	£23.1k	£25.0k

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-10
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RICHARDSON, Carol resigned
secretary
2026-04-10
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officers · TM02
2025-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
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accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts · AA
2020-06-26
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accounts · AA
2019-07-12
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accounts · AA
2018-07-24
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accounts · AA
2017-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-29
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-07
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accounts · AA
2015-03-31
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-13
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accounts · AA
2003-03-18
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Company incorporated
As A. & C. DAMP-PROOFING LIMITED
2003-03-18
➕
ALLEN, Steven John appointed
director
2003-03-18
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RICHARDSON, Carol appointed
secretary
2003-03-18
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-18
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-18
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-03-18
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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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 60 — 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 60. 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Steven John Allen Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2003-03-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Ivy House, High Street

Morland

Penrith

Cumbria

CA10 3AS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-01

Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

ALLEN, Steven John→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-03-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RICHARDSON, Carol→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2026-04-10

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2003-03-18

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2003-03-18

Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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officers · TM02

2026-04-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-23