ACROSS THE POND GROUP LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06935403 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-16
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 73110Advertising agencies
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.6y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 15 | 1900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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 (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-12-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-12-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-09-25➖HUTCHINSON, Aaron Patrick resigneddirector
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-11✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-07-11✏️change-of-name-noticechange-of-name · CONNOT
- 2022-03-29📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-03-29📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-02-11➖KHAN, Maxine resigneddirector
- 2020-02-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-12-27📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-06-05➕HUTCHINSON, Aaron Patrick appointeddirector
- 2018-06-05➕KHAN, Maxine appointeddirector
- 2018-04-19➖WADDILOVE, Robert Leslie resigneddirector
- 2016-07-07➖HAMES, Nicola Caroline resignedsecretary
- 2016-07-07➖HAMES, Nicola Caroline resigneddirector
- 2016-01-29➕HAMES, Nicola Caroline appointeddirector
- 2014-02-18➕HAMES, Nicola Caroline appointedsecretary
- 2013-07-18➕WADDILOVE, Robert Leslie appointeddirector
- 2013-01-03🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Coutts and Company
- 2012-11-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Benesco Charity Limited
- 2009-06-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ACROSS THE POND GROUP LIMITED
- 2009-06-16➕COHEN, Julie Anne appointeddirector
Owner dependency
85/100
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.
Succession & seller-readiness
68/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Ms Julie Anne Cohen Individual · American · DOB 05/1972 · age 54 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest | 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVE ANGLO CHINESE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED→ 10983080 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ACTON CAPITAL ADVISORY LTD→ 16872201 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACTUATE ADVISORY LIMITED→ 14993674 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ACTUATE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT LIMITED→ 02555709 · est 1990 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 35y | — | — |
| ACUITY ADVISORS LIMITED→ 06494937 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| ACUITY BIOSTRATEGY CONSULTING LTD→ 17059198 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACUMEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 15864351 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACUMON DIRECTORS LIMITED→ 13542528 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ACUMON PRIVATE CLIENTS LIMITED→ 13250283 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ACUMON UK GROUP LIMITED→ 16856218 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AD6 LTD→ 11380800 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ADA ECONOMICS LTD→ 09707197 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
Third & Fourth Floors 44-45 Gerrard Street
London
W1D 5QQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
COHEN, Julie Anne→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2009-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HAMES, Nicola Caroline→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2014-02-18 · resigned 2016-07-07
HAMES, Nicola Caroline→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2016-01-29 · resigned 2016-07-07
HUTCHINSON, Aaron Patrick→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2018-06-05 · resigned 2023-09-25
KHAN, Maxine→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2018-06-05 · resigned 2020-02-11
WADDILOVE, Robert Leslie→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2013-07-18 · resigned 2018-04-19
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Coutts and Company | Debenture | 1 property | 03/01/2013 | — | |
| satisfied | Benesco Charity Benesco Charity Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 05/11/2012 | 16/12/2024 |
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Recent filings (65 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-07-11
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2022-07-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-03-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-03-29