ALBUMDESIGN.NO LTD

💤Zombieactive
06221016 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-20
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2016-04-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2007-04-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBUMDESIGN.NO LTD
  17. 2007-04-20
    ➕
    VARJAG LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2007-04-20
    ➕
    STRAND, Arild appointed
    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 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 19 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Arild Strand
Individual · Norwegian · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

Registered office

183 Hendre Road
Pencoed, Bridgend
Mid Glamorgan
CF35 6PP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

VARJAG LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-20
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Active
STRAND, Arild→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-04-20
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Active

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-31