ANDREA MISSIROLI LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06790813 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-14
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-4.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (78/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,577
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 485% YoY
Current Assets
£380
↓ 86% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£5k-£3k-£2k-£212£1k£3kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£682£-783
Current assets£380£2.7k
Cash£23
Debtors£2.7k
Net assets£-4.6k£-783

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-11-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-11-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-01-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-01-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-01-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-01-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-03-16
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  17. 2020-03-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2020-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2009-01-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDREA MISSIROLI LIMITED
  20. 2009-01-14
    MISSIROLI, Andrea appointed
    director
  21. 2009-01-14
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  22. 2009-01-14
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MISSIROLI" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrea Missiroli
Individual · Italian · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrea Missiroliceased 13/01/2018· 75-100% shares · board control

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
Incorporated2009-01-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

8b Accommodation Road
Golders Green
London
NW11 8ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MISSIROLI, Andrea
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-01-14
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Active
KAHAN, Barbara
director · ~95y · appointed 2009-01-14 · resigned 2009-01-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-12