E-COM SAVE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09019955 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-01
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-47.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (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 (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £47,205

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£47k
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£47k-£38k-£28k-£18k-£9k£949May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£112.5k£112.5k
Current assets£949
Net assets£-47.2k£-47.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-11-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-06-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-06-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2024-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-07-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2022-06-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2021-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2021-04-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2020-05-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2014-05-01
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    Company incorporated
    As E-COM SAVE LIMITED
  20. 2014-05-01
    REHMAN, Naveed appointed
    secretary
  21. 2014-05-01
    REHMAN, Naveed appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 63. 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

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

Group structure

Praxis Operations Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Praxis Operations Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
E-COM SAVE LIMITED
This company · 09019955

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Praxis Operations Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/03/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Naveed Rehmanceased 10/03/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-05-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Wellington House Aviator Court
Clifton Moor
York
North Yorkshire
YO30 4UZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

REHMAN, Naveed
secretary · appointed 2014-05-01
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Active
REHMAN, Naveed
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-05-01
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Active

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-07-05