A105 LTD

💤Zombieactive
09435025 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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 (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees1

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-10
    DUSEK, Erin resigned
    director
  3. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-07
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2025-05-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2025-04-03
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  7. 2024-11-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-12-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2017-09-01
    MANOE, Christopher John Stephen appointed
    director
  19. 2017-09-01
    BLACKWELL, Eve resigned
    director
  20. 2015-02-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A105 LTD
  21. 2015-02-11
    BLACKWELL, Eve appointed
    director
  22. 2015-02-11
    CARTER, John appointed
    director
  23. 2015-02-11
    CARTER, John resigned
    director
  24. 2015-02-11
    DUSEK, Erin 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

45/100
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.

Red flags

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Christopher John Stephen Manoe
Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/09/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Eve Blackwellceased 01/09/2017· 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
Incorporated2015-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

C/O Dickinsons, Brandon House
First Floor, 90 The Broadway
Chesham
HP5 1EG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MANOE, Christopher John Stephen
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-09-01
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Active
BLACKWELL, Eve
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-02-11 · resigned 2017-09-01
Resigned
CARTER, John
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-02-11 · resigned 2015-02-11
Resigned
DUSEK, Erin
director · ~40y · appointed 2015-02-11 · resigned 2026-02-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-05-06
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08