1402201420012025 LTD

💤Zombieactive
08898569 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-17
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 Dec 2022
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
53/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 53/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
53/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
41
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2021Dec 2022

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2022-12-312021-12-31
Average employees300300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-01-27
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-12-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-01-20
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-05
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-01-04
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-01-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-12-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-12-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-09-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2022-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-08-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-08
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2019-10-07
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-10-07
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2019-10-04
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2019-03-01
    WREN, Lewis Paul resigned
    director
  21. 2014-02-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1402201420012025 LTD
  22. 2014-02-17
    WREN, Thomas James appointed
    director
  23. 2014-02-17
    WREN, Lewis Paul 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

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.

Red flags

2 high · 1 med ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-09-19

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-01-20: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas James Wren
Individual · British · DOB 10/1988 · age 38
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/10/2019
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Thomas James Wrenceased 06/10/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Lewis Paul Wrenceased 01/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Thomas James Wrenceased 07/10/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated2014-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Grove House Meridians Cross
Ocean Village
Southampton
SO14 3TJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2024-09-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2022-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-09-19OVERDUE
Last: 2024-09-05

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WREN, Thomas James
director · ~38y · appointed 2014-02-17
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Active
WREN, Lewis Paul
director · ~36y · appointed 2014-02-17 · resigned 2019-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05