A. L. ROBINSON (CONTRACT SERVICES) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05623557 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-15
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 11.2y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.2 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
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
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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£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees200200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-28
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  3. 2023-06-06
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  4. 2022-08-17
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  5. 2022-08-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-08-12
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-24
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2018-05-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2017-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-08-27
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    officers · AP03
  17. 2015-04-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Newport City Council
  18. 2014-12-01
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    ROBINSON, Andrew Lee appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-12-01
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    ROBINSON, Bridget Marie resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As A. L. ROBINSON (CONTRACT SERVICES) LIMITED
  21. 2005-11-15
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    ROBINSON, Andrew Lee appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-15
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-11-15
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    secretary
  24. 2005-11-15
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Bridget Marie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-11-15
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    director
  26. 2005-11-15
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    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 "ROBINSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Lee Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

10 Corporation Road
Newport
S Wales
NP19 0AR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ROBINSON, Andrew Lee→
secretary · appointed 2014-12-01
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Active
ROBINSON, Andrew Lee→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-11-15
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Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-15 · resigned 2005-11-15
Resigned
ROBINSON, Bridget Marie→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-15 · resigned 2014-12-01
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-11-15 · resigned 2005-11-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Newport City Council
A registered charge1 property30/04/201517/05/2018

Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-19
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accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-18