OLIVER LIGGINS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05845152 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-13

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	1	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-11-03
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2025-02-19
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2024-03-20
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2023-03-20
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2022-03-31
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2021-06-13
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2020-03-27
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2019-03-25
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2018-03-23
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accounts · AA
2017-03-02
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accounts · AA
2016-08-30
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FAHERTY, Anne resigned
secretary
2016-08-30
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officers · TM02
2016-06-16
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-11
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accounts · AA
2015-06-16
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2015-03-16
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accounts · AA
2014-06-17
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2008-01-31
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CARSWELL, Timothy resigned
secretary
2008-01-31
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FAHERTY, Anne appointed
secretary
2006-06-13
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Company incorporated
As OLIVER LIGGINS LIMITED
2006-06-13
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OLIVER, Robert Adrian appointed
director
2006-06-13
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CARSWELL, Timothy appointed
secretary
2006-06-13
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-06-13
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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2006-06-13
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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2006-06-13
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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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 "OLIVER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Adrian Oliver Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/06/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Incorporated2006-06-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Nelson House, 2 Hamilton Terrace

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 4LY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-27

Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

OLIVER, Robert Adrian→

director · ~72y · appointed 2006-06-13

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Active

CARSWELL, Timothy→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-13 · resigned 2008-01-31

Resigned

FAHERTY, Anne→

secretary · appointed 2008-01-31 · resigned 2016-08-30

Resigned

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-13 · resigned 2006-06-13

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-13 · resigned 2006-06-13

Resigned

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