ARCHIPOD LTD

💤Zombieactive

06441194 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-29

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 Nov 2024

Net worth

£29.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43290Other construction installation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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, 2 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

6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £29,475

Cash YoY

+1132%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£16k

↑ 1132% YoY

Net Worth

£29k

↑ 77% YoY

Current Assets

£32k

↑ 35% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£32.0k	£22.9k
Current assets	£32.4k	£24.0k
Cash	£16.1k	£1.3k
Debtors	£250	£1.1k
Net assets	£29.5k	£16.7k

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

filing

• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-02
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address · AD01
2025-08-29
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accounts · AA
2024-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-11
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-12-26
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annual-return · AR01
2014-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2011-11-30
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SNEESBY, Katie resigned
secretary
2009-05-25
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SNEESBY, Katie appointed
secretary
2009-05-22
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THOMPSON, Rebecca Joanne resigned
secretary
2009-05-22
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THOMPSON, Rebecca Joanne resigned
director
2007-12-19
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SNEESBY, Christopher Stuart appointed
director
2007-12-19
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THOMPSON, Rebecca Joanne appointed
secretary
2007-12-19
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THOMPSON, Rebecca Joanne appointed
director
2007-11-29
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Company incorporated
As ARCHIPOD LTD
2007-11-29
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DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-11-29
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DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-11-29
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DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-11-29
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DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. 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 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Christopher Stuart Sneesby Individual · English · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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7 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

Incorporated2007-11-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Sherbutt Cottage 3 Chapmangate

Pocklington

York

YO42 2AY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-10

Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

SNEESBY, Christopher Stuart→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-12-19

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Active

SNEESBY, Katie→

secretary · appointed 2009-05-25 · resigned 2011-11-30

Resigned

THOMPSON, Rebecca Joanne→

secretary · appointed 2007-12-19 · resigned 2009-05-22

Resigned

DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-11-29 · resigned 2007-11-29

Resigned

THOMPSON, Rebecca Joanne→

director · ~55y · appointed 2007-12-19 · resigned 2009-05-22

Resigned

DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-11-29 · resigned 2007-11-29

Resigned

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