A.D. SUMMERSCALES PAINTING & DECORATING CONTRACTORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07163680 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-19

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£53.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Painting

Sector: Construction

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, 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

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

38 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £53,711

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£54k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£80k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£56.5k	£50.8k
Current assets	£80.2k	£105.5k
Net assets	£53.7k	£46.2k

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.

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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 (19 events)Click to expand

2025-10-13
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address · AD01
2025-10-01
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accounts · AA
2024-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
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accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
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accounts · AA
2020-08-04
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accounts · AA
2020-01-08
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accounts · AA
2018-11-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-05-11
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accounts · AA
2017-04-13
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accounts · AA
2016-04-13
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accounts · AA
2016-04-13
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capital · SH01
2016-03-04
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2010-02-19
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Company incorporated
As A.D. SUMMERSCALES PAINTING & DECORATING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
2010-02-19
➕
SUMMERSCALES, Anthony David appointed
director
2010-02-19
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ROUND, Jonathon Charles appointed
director
2010-02-19
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ROUND, Jonathon Charles 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 "SUMMERSCALES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 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 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Julie Summerscales Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Anthony David Summerscales Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-02-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

Ground Floor, Woodland House Woodland Park

Bradford Road

Cleckheaton

West Yorkshire

BD19 6BW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-05

Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

SUMMERSCALES, Anthony David→

director · ~69y · appointed 2010-02-19

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Active

ROUND, Jonathon Charles→

director · ~67y · appointed 2010-02-19 · resigned 2010-02-19

Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-23

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-10-13