AUDEO AQ LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

09558617 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-23

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£160

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

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

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -70% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £160

Net assets shrinking

Down £504 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 70% YoY

Cash YoY

-70%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£5k

↓ 70% YoY

Net Worth

£160

↓ 76% YoY

Current Assets

£18k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£678	£3.2k
Current assets	£18.2k	£16.3k
Cash	£4.7k	£15.7k
Debtors	£13.5k	£550
Net assets	£160	£664

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-05-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-05-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-23
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Company incorporated
As AUDEO AQ LIMITED
2015-04-23
➕
QUINN, Alfred Patrick Henry appointed
director

Owner dependency

80/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

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.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alfred Quinn Individual · British · DOB 12/1994 · age 32	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2015-04-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

167 Turners Hill

Cheshunt

Waltham Cross

EN8 9BH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-21

Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

QUINN, Alfred Patrick Henry→

director · ~32y · appointed 2015-04-23

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Active

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

Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-07

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

address · AD01

2026-01-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-01-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-01-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-16

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

address · AD01

2022-05-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-01-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-13

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

address · AD01

2021-04-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2021-01-27