CAPITAL & CO (ACCOUNTANTS) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

08413097 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-21

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

£274.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £274,672

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£275k

↑ 128% YoY

Current Assets

£343k

↑ 188% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£714.3k	£141.1k
Current assets	£343.3k	£119.1k
Cash	—	£58.1k
Debtors	—	£61.0k
Net assets	£274.7k	£120.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-26
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-06
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-30
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OLIVER, Cheryl Lyn resigned
director
2014-12-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2013-03-26
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OLIVER, Cheryl Lyn appointed
director
2013-02-21
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Company incorporated
As CAPITAL & CO (ACCOUNTANTS) LIMITED
2013-02-21
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OLIVER, Christopher Francis appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 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 13 years.
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 Christopher Francis Oliver Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 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

Incorporated2013-02-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

1 Ewell By Pass

Epsom

KT17 2PZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

OLIVER, Christopher Francis→

director · ~78y · appointed 2013-02-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

OLIVER, Cheryl Lyn→

director · ~63y · appointed 2013-03-26 · resigned 2014-12-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-04

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-08-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-10

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

accounts · AA

2024-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-31

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

accounts · AA

2023-12-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-18

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

accounts · AA

2022-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-10

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

accounts · AA

2021-12-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-04

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

accounts · AA

2020-12-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-02-24

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

accounts · AA

2019-10-10