A4 COPY TECHNOLOGY (UK) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06002379 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-17
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£10.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (76/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,654
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,665 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£11k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£5k£8k£11k£13kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£14.3k£21.7k
Current assets£8.4k£13.4k
Net assets£10.7k£13.3k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2022-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2019-11-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-11-07
    ➖
    MOORCROFT, Peter resigned
    director
  12. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2008-10-06
    ➖
    COSGROVE, Brian resigned
    director
  18. 2007-09-17
    ➕
    MOORCROFT, Peter appointed
    director
  19. 2007-05-02
    ➖
    ASKEW, David resigned
    director
  20. 2006-11-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A4 COPY TECHNOLOGY (UK) LIMITED
  21. 2006-11-17
    ➕
    FLAHERTY, Alison appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-11-17
    ➕
    FLAHERTY, Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2006-11-17
    ➕
    53 RODNEY STREET (LIVERPOOL) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-11-17
    ➖
    53 RODNEY STREET (LIVERPOOL) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-11-17
    ➕
    ASKEW, David appointed
    director
  26. 2006-11-17
    ➕
    COSGROVE, Brian appointed
    director
  27. 2006-11-17
    ➕
    THE COMPANY SPECIALISTS LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2006-11-17
    ➖
    THE COMPANY SPECIALISTS LTD resigned
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Andrew Flaherty
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/11/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter Moorcroftceased 07/11/2019· 25-50% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77330 — Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)

Registered office

Unit 4 Hurricane Drive
Hurricane Business Park
Liverpool
Merseyside
L24 8RL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

FLAHERTY, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLAHERTY, Andrew→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
53 RODNEY STREET (LIVERPOOL) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-11-17 · resigned 2006-11-17
Resigned
ASKEW, David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-11-17 · resigned 2007-05-02
Resigned
COSGROVE, Brian→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-11-17 · resigned 2008-10-06
Resigned
MOORCROFT, Peter→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-09-17 · resigned 2019-11-07
Resigned
THE COMPANY SPECIALISTS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-11-17 · resigned 2006-11-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-08