ICON LIFESAVER LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

09778295 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-15

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£-5.54M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22290

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). 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: high (81/100)

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

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £5,543,003

Cash YoY

+707%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£164k

↑ 707% YoY

Net Worth

-£5.5m

↓ 7.9% YoY

Current Assets

£855k

↑ 26% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-30
Total assets	£-5.54M	£-5.14M
Current assets	£854.8k	£677.6k
Cash	£163.6k	£20.3k
Debtors	£436.9k	£298.1k
Net assets	£-5.54M	£-5.14M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-09-16
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-06-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-01-05
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gazette · GAZ1
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-01
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officers · TM01
2018-03-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-02-28
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HORSMAN, Neil Richard resigned
director
2017-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-23
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LEE, Matthew John resigned
director
2016-08-10
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HORSMAN, Neil Richard appointed
director
2016-07-29
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CROOK, Andy resigned
director
2015-12-04
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MARSDEN, Christopher John appointed
director
2015-12-04
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CS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-12-04
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CROOK, Andy appointed
director
2015-12-04
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LEE, Matthew John appointed
director
2015-12-04
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MABON, Sam Grant resigned
director
2015-12-04
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CS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2015-09-15
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Company incorporated
As ICON LIFESAVER LIMITED
2015-09-15
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CS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2015-09-15
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MABON, Sam Grant appointed
director
2015-09-15
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CS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

90/100

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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Group structure

Icon Technology Systems Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Icon Technology Systems Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ICON LIFESAVER LIMITED

This company · 09778295

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Icon Technology Systems Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-09-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Icon Lifesaver Hall Chase London Road

Marks Tey

Colchester

Essex

CO6 1EH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-29

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-27

Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

MARSDEN, Christopher John→

director · ~69y · appointed 2015-12-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-09-15 · resigned 2015-12-04

Resigned

CROOK, Andy→

director · ~69y · appointed 2015-12-04 · resigned 2016-07-29

Resigned

HORSMAN, Neil Richard→

director · ~63y · appointed 2016-08-10 · resigned 2018-02-28

Resigned

LEE, Matthew John→

director · ~51y · appointed 2015-12-04 · resigned 2017-01-23

Resigned

MABON, Sam Grant→

director · ~53y · appointed 2015-09-15 · resigned 2015-12-04

Resigned

CS DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2015-09-15 · resigned 2015-12-04

Resigned

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

Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-18

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-09-23

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

address · AD01

2024-06-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-09-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-16

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2021-01-06

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2021-01-05