ALDAN SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05689950 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-27

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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officers · TM01
2026-03-11
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DRAPER, Bernadine Louise resigned
director
2025-12-15
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2024-12-11
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2023-12-20
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2022-12-30
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2021-12-22
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2020-12-23
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2019-12-23
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2018-12-21
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accounts · AA
2017-12-22
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accounts · AA
2017-03-28
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address · AD01
2017-03-28
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officers · CH01
2017-03-28
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officers · CH01
2017-03-21
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address · AD01
2016-12-08
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accounts · AA
2014-01-27
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POWER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-02-24
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DRAPER, Peter appointed
director
2006-01-27
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Company incorporated
As ALDAN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2006-01-27
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POWER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-01-27
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DRAPER, Bernadine Louise appointed
director

Owner dependency

85/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Draper Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Bernadine Louise Draper Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-01-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

25 Britannia Way

Gosport

Hampshire

PO12 4FZ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

DRAPER, Peter→

director · ~57y · appointed 2006-02-24

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Active

POWER SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2014-01-27

Resigned

DRAPER, Bernadine Louise→

director · ~67y · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2026-03-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-27

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officers · TM01

2026-03-27