ANDREW MACDONALD (LONDON) LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05735273 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-08
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
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
54 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-16📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-02➖HUMM, Roger Frederick resignedsecretary
- 2024-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-22📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2006-05-18➕HUMM, Roger Frederick appointedsecretary
- 2006-05-18➖FRIARS SECRETARIAT LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-03-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDREW MACDONALD (LONDON) LIMITED
- 2006-03-08➕CLAYTON, Aleksandra Jolanta appointeddirector
- 2006-03-08➕DWYER, Daniel John appointedsecretary
- 2006-03-08➖DWYER, Daniel John resignedsecretary
- 2006-03-08➕FRIARS SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-03-08➕DWYER, Daniel James appointeddirector
- 2006-03-08➖DWYER, Daniel James resigneddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 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 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Aleksandra Jolanta Clayton Individual · British · DOB 12/1942 · age 84 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Shepley Wood, Shepley Drive
Wentworth Estate
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 0LH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)
CLAYTON, Aleksandra Jolanta→
Activedirector · ~84y · appointed 2006-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DWYER, Daniel John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-03-08 · resigned 2006-03-08
HUMM, Roger Frederick→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2025-04-02
FRIARS SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-08 · resigned 2006-05-18
DWYER, Daniel James→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2006-03-08 · resigned 2006-03-08
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Recent filings (54 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-08