COMPLECTUS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06581704 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-30
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 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (75/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees1200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2019-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-14
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-12
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    address · AD01
  11. 2017-07-12
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-11
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2015-10-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As COMPLECTUS LIMITED
  17. 2008-04-30
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    POWELL, Anne Marie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-04-30
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    POWELL, Peter Forster appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-30
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    CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-04-30
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    CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-04-30
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    CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2008-04-30
    ➖
    CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Forster Powell
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Anne Marie Powell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

The Courtyard
High Street
Ascot
SL5 7HP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

POWELL, Anne Marie→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POWELL, Peter Forster→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-30 · resigned 2008-04-30
Resigned
CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-30 · resigned 2008-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-06