A7 INTERACTIVE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06444434 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-04
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Loss-making
Loss before tax £9,048

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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Profit before tax£-9.0k—
Average employees1000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-17
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  6. 2022-08-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-12-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-10-01
    ➕
    ROTARIU, Adrian appointed
    director
  11. 2021-10-01
    ➖
    ALLISON, Christopher resigned
    director
  12. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-17
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    SABAS, Gilles resigned
    director
  18. 2017-10-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2017-07-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2016-03-01
    ➕
    ALLISON, Christopher appointed
    director
  21. 2012-04-23
    ➕
    BUSH LANE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2012-04-23
    ➖
    STM NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2011-03-31
    ➖
    JENK, Andreas resigned
    director
  24. 2011-03-31
    ➕
    SABAS, Gilles appointed
    director
  25. 2009-01-28
    ➕
    JENK, Andreas appointed
    director
  26. 2009-01-28
    ➖
    STM NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  27. 2007-12-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A7 INTERACTIVE LIMITED
  28. 2007-12-04
    ➕
    STM NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2007-12-04
    ➕
    STM NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Gilles Sabas
Individual · French · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-12-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

114 St Martin's Lane
Covent Garden
London
WC2N 4BE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-11
Last: 2025-05-28

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BUSH LANE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROTARIU, Adrian→
director · ~43y · appointed 2021-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STM NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-04 · resigned 2012-04-23
Resigned
ALLISON, Christopher→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2021-10-01
Resigned
JENK, Andreas→
director · ~43y · appointed 2009-01-28 · resigned 2011-03-31
Resigned
SABAS, Gilles→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-03-31 · resigned 2017-10-17
Resigned
STM NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-12-04 · resigned 2009-01-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-08-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03