CARBONAERO LTD

💤Zombieactive
09921384 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32300
Sector: Manufacturing
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: 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
24 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-12-15
    ELLIS, Susanna Alice Ruth resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-15
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-09-11
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  5. 2024-09-19
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-18
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  7. 2022-09-21
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  8. 2021-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-26
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  10. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-15
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  13. 2016-12-29
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-12-29
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-10-22
    ELLIS, Susanna Alice Ruth appointed
    director
  16. 2015-12-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CARBONAERO LTD
  17. 2015-12-17
    ELLIS, William Joseph appointed
    director
  18. 2015-12-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Joseph Ellis
Individual · British · DOB 06/1984 · age 42
5075%
50-75% shares22/10/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Susanna Alice Ruth Ellisceased 02/04/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32300 — SIC 32300

Registered office

53 Coldharbour
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 4HB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ELLIS, William Joseph
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-12-17
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Active
ELLIS, Susanna Alice Ruth
director · ~34y · appointed 2016-10-22 · resigned 2025-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-31