GIGACYCLE LTD
💤Zombieactive
08583915 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-25
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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£49.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46510Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
- 95110Repair of computers and peripheral equipment
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.4y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £49,865
Net assets shrinking
Down £44,118 YoY
Cash YoY
+325%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£129k
↑ 325% YoY
Net Worth
£50k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£477k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £200.3k | £94.0k |
| Current assets | £477.1k | £477.2k |
| Cash | £129.1k | £30.4k |
| Debtors | £113.8k | £62.7k |
| Net assets | £49.9k | £94.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-06-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by North West Loans Npif Gp Limited as the General Partner of Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Limited
- 2019-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-02-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2014-01-01➖ROWLANDS, David resigneddirector
- 2013-08-01➕HODGSON, Denver James appointeddirector
- 2013-06-25🏢Company incorporatedAs GIGACYCLE LTD
- 2013-06-25➕ROWLANDS, David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
58/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- 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
cleanNo 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 Denver James Hodgson Individual · British · DOB 11/1985 · age 41 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/01/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000
Registered office
Unit D2, Gilchrist Road
Irlam
Manchester
M44 5AY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-09
Last: 2026-06-25
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
HODGSON, Denver James→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2013-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROWLANDS, David→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2013-06-25 · resigned 2014-01-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by North West Loans Npif Gp as the General Partner of Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by North West Loans Npif Gp Limited as the General Partner of Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 12/06/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 08/02/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (46 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10