IWORKLIFE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05775997 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-10
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Temporary employment agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
77 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 accounts
Cash
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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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2026-02-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-01-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-05-28
    ➕
    RUPARELIA, Sagar Ramnik appointed
    secretary
  17. 2014-05-28
    ➖
    ELSON, Tremayne resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-10-31
    ➕
    ELSON, Tremayne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2013-10-31
    ➖
    READ, Graeme resigned
    secretary
  20. 2013-10-31
    ➖
    READ, Graeme resigned
    director
  21. 2012-05-04
    ➖
    BUGIE, Douglas resigned
    director
  22. 2008-07-30
    ➖
    DOSSETT, Claire resigned
    director
  23. 2006-11-06
    ➕
    BUGIE, Douglas appointed
    director
  24. 2006-04-13
    ➕
    GOODWIN, Anthony Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2006-04-13
    ➕
    READ, Graeme appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-04-13
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-04-13
    ➕
    DOSSETT, Claire appointed
    director
  28. 2006-04-13
    ➕
    READ, Graeme appointed
    director
  29. 2006-04-13
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2006-04-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As IWORKLIFE LIMITED
  31. 2006-04-10
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2006-04-10
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Michael Goodwin
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78200 — Temporary employment agency activities

Registered office

Radius House First Floor
51 Clarendon Road
Watford
Herts
WD17 1HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

RUPARELIA, Sagar Ramnik→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODWIN, Anthony Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELSON, Tremayne→
secretary · appointed 2013-10-31 · resigned 2014-05-28
Resigned
READ, Graeme→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-13 · resigned 2013-10-31
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-10 · resigned 2006-04-13
Resigned
BUGIE, Douglas→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-11-06 · resigned 2012-05-04
Resigned
DOSSETT, Claire→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-04-13 · resigned 2008-07-30
Resigned
READ, Graeme→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-04-13 · resigned 2013-10-31
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-10 · resigned 2006-04-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-24