24A LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07180462 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-14.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -90% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
36 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,965
Cash draining
Cash down 90% YoY
Cash YoY
-90%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£367
↓ 90% YoY
Net Worth
-£14k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£512
↓ 87% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£14k-£10k-£7k-£3k£383£4kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-13.1k£-10.0k
Current assets£512£4.0k
Cash£367£3.8k
Debtors£145£130
Net assets£-14.0k£-11.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-06-26
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As 24A LIMITED
  17. 2010-03-05
    ➕
    HOOPER, Jo appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jo Hooper
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Unit A St Andrews Court
Wellington Street
Thame
OX9 3WT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HOOPER, Jo→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-03-05
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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-31