A1HOME4U LTD

💤Zombieactive
09517593 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-30
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
£3.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,176
Very low cash
Cash position: £37
Cash draining
Cash down 99% YoY
Cash YoY
-99%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£37
↓ 99% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↑ 173% YoY
Current Assets
£196k
↑ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£4k£36k£76k£116k£156k£196kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.2k£-4.4k
Current assets£196.3k£130.1k
Cash£37£6.4k
Debtors£196.2k£123.6k
Net assets£3.2k£-4.4k

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-12-04
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-03-30
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    Company incorporated
    As A1HOME4U LTD
  13. 2015-03-30
    SMYRNOVA, Tamara, Dr appointed
    director
  14. 2015-03-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Tamara Smyrnova
Individual · Ukrainian · DOB 05/1955 · age 71
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

81 Proffitt Avenue
Coventry
CV6 7ER
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SMYRNOVA, Tamara, Dr
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-03-30
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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-02