ASSET COMPETENCY MANAGEMENT LTD

💤Zombieactive
07043511 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-15
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£21.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25500
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85320Technical and vocational secondary education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
35 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,493

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£21k
↑ 610% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£9k£13k£17k£21kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£21.5k£3.0k
Current assets£7.4k—
Net assets£21.5k£3.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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  2. 2024-08-10
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  3. 2023-07-29
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  4. 2021-12-27
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  5. 2021-01-24
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  6. 2020-07-25
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  7. 2019-07-30
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  8. 2018-07-21
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  9. 2017-07-26
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  10. 2017-01-18
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  11. 2017-01-17
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    JOPLING, Yelena Vladimirovna resigned
    director
  12. 2016-07-30
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  13. 2015-10-18
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  14. 2015-07-28
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  15. 2014-11-03
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  16. 2014-02-07
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  17. 2014-01-01
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    JOPLING, Yelena Vladimirovna appointed
    director
  18. 2012-05-29
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    SCOTT, Philip resigned
    director
  19. 2009-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ASSET COMPETENCY MANAGEMENT LTD
  20. 2009-10-15
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    JOPLING, Stephen appointed
    director
  21. 2009-10-15
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    SCOTT, Philip 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Jopling
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence30/07/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25500 — SIC 25500

Registered office

1 Crosshills
Stannersburn
Hexham
Northumberland
NE48 1DD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

JOPLING, Stephen→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-10-15
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Active
JOPLING, Yelena Vladimirovna→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-01-01 · resigned 2017-01-17
Resigned
SCOTT, Philip→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-10-15 · resigned 2012-05-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-07-31