AISMARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07634146 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-13
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (82/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees5500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-22
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    ELAM, Russell David resigned
    director
  9. 2020-12-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-02
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    ELAM, Russell David appointed
    director
  12. 2020-07-02
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-02
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    capital · SH01
  16. 2018-02-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-02-21
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    WISE, Christopher James resigned
    director
  18. 2017-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-06-29
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    BINGHAM, Jennifer Joan resigned
    director
  20. 2016-06-29
    ➕
    WISE, Christopher James appointed
    director
  21. 2014-02-18
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    CLARKE, Mark Raymond appointed
    director
  22. 2014-01-27
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    SIMMONDS, John Alfred resigned
    director
  23. 2013-07-04
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    SIMMONDS, John Alfred appointed
    director
  24. 2011-05-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AISMARE LIMITED
  25. 2011-05-13
    ➕
    BINGHAM, Jennifer Joan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. 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 12 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Langhorn Coombs
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
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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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
Incorporated2011-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

10 Lennox Gardens Mews
London
SW1X 0DP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

CLARKE, Mark Raymond→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BINGHAM, Jennifer Joan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-05-13 · resigned 2016-06-29
Resigned
ELAM, Russell David→
director · ~42y · appointed 2020-07-02 · resigned 2020-12-22
Resigned
SIMMONDS, John Alfred→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-07-04 · resigned 2014-01-27
Resigned
WISE, Christopher James→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-06-29 · resigned 2018-02-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-01