A POSITIVE DIRECTION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09997999 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-10
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
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£4k£9k£13k£18k£22kMar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.4k
Current assets£22.3k
Net assets£181

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-12-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-10-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-22
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-04-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-04-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-10-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-15
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2016-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A POSITIVE DIRECTION LIMITED
  19. 2016-02-10
    LEIGH, Paris Suzanne 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 10 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Paris Suzanne Leigh
Individual · British · DOB 12/1992 · age 34
75100%
75-100% shares08/02/2017

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Trade services · CA postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
24SEVEN MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED
04660961 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
23y
3110 LIMITED
07184458 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
16y
A & N SOLUTIONS LTD
15720733 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
A HEAD OF STYLE LTD
16107469 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
A LIGHTFOOT SECURITY MAINTENANCE LIMITED
05021537 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
22y
A.D. BEARD LIMITED
04016999 · est 2000 · no financials extracted
25y
ABSOLUTE STORAGE & MATERIALS HANDLING LIMITED
08836361 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
12y
ACTUAL LIMITED
16852361 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ADP PAINTING LIMITED
10892152 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
8y
AFM GAS SERVICES LTD
04387251 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
24y
AGA FARM
07107125 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
16y
AGM FACILITIES MANAGMENT LTD
16326212 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Howgill Lodge
Orton
Penrith
CA10 3RE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LEIGH, Paris Suzanne
director · ~34y · appointed 2016-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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

Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-22