ANDY PATERSON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04819843 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-03
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£3.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,652

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4k
↑ 965% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↑ 145% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£7k£10k£13k£17kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£6.7k£3.3k
Current assets£16.8k£6.9k
Net assets£3.7k£343

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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  2. 2025-05-21
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  3. 2024-05-30
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  4. 2023-05-30
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  5. 2022-05-31
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  6. 2021-08-31
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  7. 2020-05-30
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  8. 2019-06-05
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  9. 2018-06-04
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  10. 2017-04-12
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-06-07
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-07-06
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  13. 2015-03-12
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  14. 2014-07-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-03-06
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-08-05
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    BESWICK, Zanna appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-08-05
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    PATERSON, Andrew Alexander appointed
    director
  18. 2003-08-05
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    BESWICK, Susanna Holland resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDY PATERSON LIMITED
  20. 2003-07-03
    ➕
    BESWICK, Susanna Holland appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-07-03
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-07-03
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-07-03
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-07-03
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    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 "PATERSON" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Andrew Paterson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Rugbourne Farm
High Littleton
North East Somerset
BS39 6JS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BESWICK, Zanna→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATERSON, Andrew Alexander→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BESWICK, Susanna Holland→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2003-08-05
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2003-07-03
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2003-07-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2026-05-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
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accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
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accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
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accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
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accounts · AA
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-05