A1 BLOODSTOCK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05783282 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-18
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
59 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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  2. 2024-11-22
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  4. 2024-02-09
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  5. 2024-02-09
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  6. 2023-11-29
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  7. 2022-12-21
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  8. 2022-01-26
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  9. 2021-01-27
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  10. 2020-01-16
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  11. 2019-01-09
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  12. 2018-01-08
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  13. 2017-01-12
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  14. 2016-05-16
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  15. 2016-01-05
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  16. 2011-11-21
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    JEWELL, Linda Christine resigned
    director
  17. 2006-04-21
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  18. 2006-04-21
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  19. 2006-04-20
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    COMPANY ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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  20. 2006-04-20
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    OPPENHEIMER, Peter Anthony Harold appointed
    director
  21. 2006-04-20
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    JEWELL, Linda Christine appointed
    director
  22. 2006-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 BLOODSTOCK LIMITED
  23. 2006-04-18
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-04-18
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

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 77 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

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 Peter Anthony Harold Oppenheimer
Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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
Incorporated2006-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

C/O Melwoods Imex House
575-599 Maxted Road
Hemel Hemsptead
Herts
HP2 7DX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

COMPANY ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OPPENHEIMER, Peter Anthony Harold→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-18 · resigned 2006-04-21
Resigned
JEWELL, Linda Christine→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-04-20 · resigned 2011-11-21
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-18 · resigned 2006-04-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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2026-04-02
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accounts · AA
2026-01-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
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accounts · AA
2024-11-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27