ART ROOFING LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05990095 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-07
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 Nov 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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
56 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 | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2006-11-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ART ROOFING LIMITED
- 2006-11-07➕TRINDER, Jason appointedsecretary
- 2006-11-07➕TRINDER, Adrian Roy appointeddirector
- 2006-11-07➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-11-07➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-11-07➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-11-07➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
93/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Jason Trinder Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Adrian Roy Trinder Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62 | 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-11-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Caxton House
Overthorpe Road
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 4TN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
Active
TRINDER, Adrian Roy→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2006-11-07
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-07 · resigned 2006-11-07
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-07 · resigned 2006-11-07
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Recent filings (56 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-13