COMPOSITE MIND LTD

💤Zombieactive

06138419 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-05

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£651

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £651

Net assets shrinking

Down £34 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£651

↓ 5.0% YoY

Current Assets

£649

↓ 5.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£651	£685
Current assets	£649	£683
Net assets	£651	£685

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-04-08
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2024-04-22
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2023-04-27
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2022-04-10
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2021-04-26
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accounts · AA
2020-04-09
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accounts · AA
2019-09-09
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SHEEHAN, Anthony resigned
director
2019-09-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-09-09
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officers · TM01
2019-06-21
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accounts · AA
2018-04-02
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2017-05-19
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2016-06-15
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2016-03-22
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2015-06-20
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2015-03-09
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2007-03-05
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Company incorporated
As COMPOSITE MIND LTD
2007-03-05
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SHEEHAN, Katherine Mary appointed
secretary
2007-03-05
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SHEEHAN, Katherine Mary appointed
director
2007-03-05
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SHEEHAN, Anthony appointed
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. 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 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Katherine Mary Sheehan Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	05/03/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Anthony Sheehanceased 09/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2007-03-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Corrie, Aylesbury Road

Monks Risborough

Princes Risborough

Bucks

HP27 9LZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SHEEHAN, Katherine Mary→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-05

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Active

SHEEHAN, Katherine Mary→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-03-05

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Active

SHEEHAN, Anthony→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-03-05 · resigned 2019-09-09

Resigned

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