ACADEME ROOFING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04800587 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-16
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
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.5y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
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
67 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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees10700

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-10
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  3. 2023-09-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-09-11
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    officers · CH03
  5. 2023-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2022-11-30
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  7. 2021-05-30
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  8. 2020-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-01
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-01-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2003-09-08
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    TAVERNOR, Claire appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-09-08
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    TAVERNOR, Russell John appointed
    director
  19. 2003-09-08
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-09-08
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2003-06-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEME ROOFING SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 2003-06-16
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-06-16
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Calire Tavernor
Individual · English · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/06/2017
Mr Russell John Tavernor
Individual · English · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/06/2017

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
Incorporated2003-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities

Registered office

Unit 2 Eagle Close
Arnold
Nottingham
Notinghamshire
NG5 7FJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last: 2026-06-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TAVERNOR, Claire→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-08
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Active
TAVERNOR, Russell John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-09-08
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-16 · resigned 2003-09-08
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-16 · resigned 2003-09-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property07/01/2013—
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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-16