ALLAN HARTWELL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07357173 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-25
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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: 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£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 employees100100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2020-04-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-23
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    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2019-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-04
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    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2018-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-10
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    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2017-11-28
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    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2017-06-12
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-08-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLAN HARTWELL LIMITED
  18. 2010-08-25
    ➕
    HARTWELL, Allan appointed
    director
  19. 2010-08-25
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2010-08-25
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-08-25
    ➕
    DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola appointed
    director
  22. 2010-08-25
    ➖
    DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola 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 "HARTWELL" — 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 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mr Allan Hartwell
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-08-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Mj Goldman, Hollinwood Business Centre
Albert Street
Oldham
OL8 3QL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

HARTWELL, Allan→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-25 · resigned 2010-08-25
Resigned
DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-08-25 · resigned 2010-08-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-04-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-21