5DAY (NORWICH) LTD

💤Zombieactive
07212441 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-06
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
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees600600

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-11-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-23
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2018-02-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2010-12-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2010-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As 5DAY (NORWICH) LTD
  20. 2010-04-06
    MINKLER, Josephine Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2010-04-06
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  22. 2010-04-06
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 58 — approaching natural succession window.

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 58. 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
Mrs Josephine Ann Minkler
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
75100%
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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

Suite 5 Elm Farm Barns
Norwich Common
Wymondham
Norfolk
NR18 0SW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MINKLER, Josephine Ann
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-04-06
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Active
KAHAN, Barbara
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-04-06 · resigned 2010-04-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/12/201023/02/2018

Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-17