ANTELOPE TRADING LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06928539 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-09
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 (79/100)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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2
~ YoY
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2 | £2 |
| Cash | £2 | £2 |
| Net assets | £2 | £2 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-02➖EVANS, Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2025-10-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-10-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-09-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-08-31📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2009-06-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ANTELOPE TRADING LIMITED
- 2009-06-09➕RAMSEY-WILLIAMS, Solomon Anthony appointeddirector
- 2009-06-09➕EVANS, Elizabeth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Elizabeth Mary Evans Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Soloman Anthony Ramsey-Williams Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
C/O Bevan Buckland Llp Ground Floor
Cardigan House
Swansea
SA7 9LA
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
RAMSEY-WILLIAMS, Solomon Anthony→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2009-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EVANS, Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2009-06-09 · resigned 2025-10-02
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Recent filings (49 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28