15785 LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

08832737 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-06

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	1	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-06
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-06
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-18
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-09
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-05-03
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-02
➖
POVEY, Jean resigned
director
2018-06-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-18
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-10-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-01-27
➕
POVEY, Jean appointed
director
2014-01-06
🏢
Company incorporated
As 15785 LIMITED
2014-01-06
➕
WILKINSON, Alan appointed
director
2014-01-06
➕
KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2014-01-06
➖
KAHAN, Barbara resigned
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 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Wilkinson Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · BB postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
1226 LTD→ 13200821 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
212 ACCOUNTING LTD→ 13070341 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
25/8 CONNECT LIMITED→ 12545460 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
25/8 MARKETING GROUP LIMITED→ 13293097 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
2ED CONSULTING LTD→ 10103279 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—
3D LABORATORIES LTD→ 15593087 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
3R'S CONSULTANCY LIMITED→ 13996663 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
3TTECHGROUP LTD→ 14632979 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
424 SPORTS LTD→ 15509252 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
4EVER CARE UK LIMITED→ 13126078 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
4LL MANAGEMENT LTD→ 15188048 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
5 AXIS RECRUITMENT LIMITED→ 16107442 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-01-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

The Base

Queen Street

Great Harwood

Lancashire

BB6 7AT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-20

Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

WILKINSON, Alan→

director · ~68y · appointed 2014-01-06

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2014-01-06 · resigned 2014-01-06

Resigned

POVEY, Jean→

director · ~75y · appointed 2014-01-27 · resigned 2019-05-02

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (43 total)

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-06

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-06

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

address · AD01

2026-01-06

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

officers · CH01

2026-01-06

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

accounts · AA

2025-10-30

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

officers · CH01

2025-02-18

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

address · AD01

2025-02-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-07

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

accounts · AA

2024-10-02

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-22

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

accounts · AA

2023-10-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-27

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

accounts · AA

2022-10-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-07

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

accounts · AA

2021-10-19