CELLANTENNA LIMITED

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05229159 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-13
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£26.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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 £26,298

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£26k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Net assets£26.3k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-18
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    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-09-18
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-18
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-09-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-03-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-03-27
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    address · AD01
  9. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-09-29
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  11. 2022-09-28
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  12. 2021-09-15
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  13. 2020-10-14
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  14. 2019-09-29
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  15. 2018-08-20
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  16. 2017-08-15
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-09-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CELLANTENNA LIMITED
  18. 2004-09-13
    ➕
    MELAMED, Barbara Ellen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-09-13
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    MELAMED, Howard Irwin appointed
    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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 22 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 70 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Cellantenna Corporation is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cellantenna Corporation
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CELLANTENNA LIMITED
This company · 05229159

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cellantenna Corporation
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr Howard Irwin Melamed
Individual · American · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Dickinsons, Brandon House
First Floor, 90 The Broadway
Chesham
HP5 1EG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MELAMED, Barbara Ellen→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-13
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Active
MELAMED, Howard Irwin→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-09-13
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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14