AGC DESIGN & MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07590342 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-04

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 2026

Net worth

£6.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

37 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £6,886

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£7k

Net Worth

£7k

Current Assets

£15k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£7.1k	—
Current assets	£14.6k	—
Cash	£7.0k	—
Debtors	£7.5k	—
Net assets	£6.9k	—
Average employees	—	100

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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2026-04-09
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officers · CH01
2026-04-09
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officers · CH03
2026-04-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-10
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accounts · AA
2024-05-09
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accounts · AA
2023-05-15
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accounts · AA
2022-11-03
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accounts · AA
2021-06-15
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accounts · AA
2021-02-17
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address · AD01
2020-05-15
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accounts · AA
2019-06-26
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accounts · AA
2018-06-01
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accounts · AA
2017-05-25
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accounts · AA
2016-06-15
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accounts · AA
2011-04-04
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Company incorporated
As AGC DESIGN & MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2011-04-04
➕
COATES, Catherine Jane appointed
secretary
2011-04-04
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COATES, Andrew Graeme 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 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 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Graeme Coates Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	04/04/2017

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-04-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Springfield Meadows Bolton Road

Addingham

Ilkley

LS29 0RF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-18

Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COATES, Catherine Jane→

secretary · appointed 2011-04-04

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Active

COATES, Andrew Graeme→

director · ~59y · appointed 2011-04-04

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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-05-15

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-09

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2026-04-09

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-04-09