ALBATROSS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06480085 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-22
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
£10.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,857
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,850 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£11k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£7k£10k£13k£17kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£11.2k£16.9k
Current assets£11.2k£16.9k
Net assets£10.9k£15.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-09-27
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-09-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-08-24
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-08-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-08-24
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-03-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2008-01-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBATROSS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
  20. 2008-01-22
    ➕
    ALSHIMBAYEVA, Khamra appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-01-22
    ➕
    YERGALIYEV, Ongar appointed
    director
  22. 2008-01-22
    ➕
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2008-01-22
    ➖
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 67 — 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 67. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ongar Yergaliyev
Individual · Kazakh · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017
Mrs Khamra Alshimbayeva
Individual · Kazakh · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

5, Orchard Building
Pear Tree Street
London
EC1V 3AP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ALSHIMBAYEVA, Khamra→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YERGALIYEV, Ongar→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-01-22
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Active
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-01-22 · resigned 2008-01-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-22