MODERN CASUALS LTD

💤Zombieactive

08689706 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-13

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

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£1

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 74/100 (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).

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

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £1

Very low cash

Cash position: £1

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1

~ YoY

Net Worth

£1

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£1	£1
Cash	£1	£1
Net assets	£1	£1

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 gazette

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-09
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2025-05-06
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-06
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-06
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-23
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-23
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-23
📄
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-06-23
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-26
➖
CASSIDY, Nirma resigned
secretary
2023-05-26
➖
OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2023-05-26
➖
GREENHALGH, Neil James resigned
director
2023-05-26
➖
SCHULTZ, Régis resigned
director
2022-10-24
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-24
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-24
📄
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-10-04
📄
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-09-29
➕
CASSIDY, Nirma appointed
secretary
2022-09-29
➖
COWGILL, Peter Alan resigned
director
2022-09-29
➕
SCHULTZ, Régis appointed
director
2022-09-22
➖
MAWDSLEY, Siobhan resigned
secretary
2022-09-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
📄
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-09-23
📄
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-09-23
📍
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2021-08-27
➕
MAWDSLEY, Siobhan appointed
secretary
2021-08-27
➕
OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2021-03-02
➕
COWGILL, Peter Alan appointed
director
2021-03-02
➕
GREENHALGH, Neil James appointed
director
2013-09-13
🏢
Company incorporated
As MODERN CASUALS LTD
2013-09-13
➕
PRIMETT, Neil appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 signal

Multiple 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

80s Casual Classics Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️

80s Casual Classics Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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MODERN CASUALS LTD

This company · 08689706

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
80s Casual Classics Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Neil Primettceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-09-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 16 Triumph Way Woburn Road Industrial Estate

Kempston

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK42 7QB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-14

Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

PRIMETT, Neil→

director · ~57y · appointed 2013-09-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CASSIDY, Nirma→

secretary · appointed 2022-09-29 · resigned 2023-05-26

Resigned

MAWDSLEY, Siobhan→

secretary · appointed 2021-08-27 · resigned 2022-09-22

Resigned

OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2021-08-27 · resigned 2023-05-26

Resigned

COWGILL, Peter Alan→

director · ~73y · appointed 2021-03-02 · resigned 2022-09-29

Resigned

GREENHALGH, Neil James→

director · ~55y · appointed 2021-03-02 · resigned 2023-05-26

Resigned

SCHULTZ, Régis→

director · ~58y · appointed 2022-09-29 · resigned 2023-05-26

Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-05-19

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-05-09

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-11

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

officers · CH01

2025-05-06

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

address · AD01

2025-05-06

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2025-05-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-07-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-10-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-27

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-06-23

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-06-23

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

address · AD01

2023-06-23

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-06-23