ADDISON BUILDING LTD

💤Zombieactive

06883996 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-21

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£31.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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, 1 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

3 officers (2 active, 3 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

39 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £31,788

Net assets shrinking

Down £10,623 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£32k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↑ 782% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£31.8k	£577
Current assets	£5.1k	£577
Net assets	£31.8k	£42.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-07-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-07-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-07-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-01-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-27
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-06-16
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-05
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-08-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-07-09
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2009-04-22
➖
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
director
2009-04-21
🏢
Company incorporated
As ADDISON BUILDING LTD
2009-04-21
➕
ADDISON, David Albert appointed
secretary
2009-04-21
➕
ADDISON, David Albert appointed
director
2009-04-21
➕
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
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 "ADDISON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 David Albert Addison Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77	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.

Similar companies

Active · Construction · M postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
A&E CONTROLS (UK) LIMITED→ 09213293 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
A&E GRANDWORK LTD→ 11943183 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ABDULLAH MOQBEL FOR TRADING AND CONTRACTING LTD→ 16558808 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ACE BUILDERS MCR LTD→ 10225767 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
ACE ECO SOLUTIONS LTD→ 15493540 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ADEBE LIMITED→ 14586599 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
ADK 24HR BUILDING MAINTENANCE LTD→ 08572207 · est 2013 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	12y	—	—
ADL GROUNDWORKS LTD→ 12926814 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
ADL MECHANICAL SERVICES LTD→ 12241000 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
ADLADS.CONSTRUCTION LTD→ 16049838 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ADLINGTON LAND LIMITED→ 11219702 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
ADM DESIGN AND BUILD LTD→ 16467318 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-04-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

77 School Lane

Manchester

M20 6WN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-05

Last: 2026-04-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ADDISON, David Albert→

secretary · appointed 2009-04-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ADDISON, David Albert→

director · ~77y · appointed 2009-04-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→

director · ~56y · appointed 2009-04-21 · resigned 2009-04-22

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.