A99 LTD

💤Zombieactive

08468685 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-02

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

£8.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). 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 (81/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £8,768

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£9k

↑ 1.1% YoY

Current Assets

£90

↓ 9.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£8.8k	£8.7k
Current assets	£90	£99
Net assets	£8.8k	£8.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-03-13
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change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2019-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-04-02
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-10
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address · AD01
2013-04-02
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Company incorporated
As A99 LTD
2013-04-02
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MOORE, Christopher appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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 77 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 77 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 Moore Individual · British · DOB 04/1949 · age 77	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-04-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

6 Thumbswood

Welwyn Garden City

Hertfordshire

AL7 4QE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-16

Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MOORE, Christopher→

director · ~77y · appointed 2013-04-02

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Active

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