20 TWENTY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07228107 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-20
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-369.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
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 (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -34% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
45 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 £369,634
Cash YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 34% YoY
Net Worth
-£370k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£370k-£295k-£221k-£147k-£72k£2kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£306£1.2k
Current assets£1.5k£2.2k
Cash£1.3k£2.0k
Debtors£204£204
Net assets£-369.6k£-366.5k

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

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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
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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-05
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  3. 2023-11-13
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  4. 2022-11-21
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  5. 2022-08-14
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  6. 2022-08-14
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  7. 2022-04-30
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    TEJI, Scot Alexander resigned
    director
  8. 2022-04-30
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    TEJI, Sushil Kumar resigned
    director
  9. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-29
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    address · AD01
  11. 2021-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-08-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-05-01
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    TEJI, Selena Dee resigned
    director
  14. 2020-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-17
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  16. 2017-11-23
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  17. 2017-11-09
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  18. 2017-11-09
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  19. 2017-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2016-11-09
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    TEJI, Aron Cameron resigned
    director
  21. 2010-07-06
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    TEJI, Sushil Kumar appointed
    director
  22. 2010-06-08
    ➕
    TEJI, Selena Dee appointed
    director
  23. 2010-04-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 20 TWENTY LIMITED
  24. 2010-04-20
    ➕
    TEJI, Tarlok Nath appointed
    secretary
  25. 2010-04-20
    ➕
    TEJI, Tarlok Nath appointed
    director
  26. 2010-04-20
    ➕
    TEJI, Aron Cameron appointed
    director
  27. 2010-04-20
    ➕
    TEJI, Scot Alexander 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 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tarlok Nath Teji
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting21/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Btmr Limited Century Buildings
14 St Mary's Parsonage
Manchester
M3 2DF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

TEJI, Tarlok Nath→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-20
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Active
TEJI, Tarlok Nath→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEJI, Aron Cameron→
director · ~37y · appointed 2010-04-20 · resigned 2016-11-09
Resigned
TEJI, Scot Alexander→
director · ~45y · appointed 2010-04-20 · resigned 2022-04-30
Resigned
TEJI, Selena Dee→
director · ~42y · appointed 2010-06-08 · resigned 2020-05-01
Resigned
TEJI, Sushil Kumar→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-07-06 · resigned 2022-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29