ATLANTIC ELECTRONICS (NW) LTD

💤Zombieactive
10038198 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-02
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
73/100
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: SIC 46520
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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: 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: medium (78/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-21
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2023-08-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-08-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ATLANTIC ELECTRONICS (NW) LTD
  12. 2016-03-02
    CHAND, Tahier Hussain appointed
    director
  13. 2016-03-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

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
Mr Tahier Hussain Chand
Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/01/2017

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

Similar companies

Active · Wholesale & distribution · BB postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ABN CORPORATE LTD
13665395 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
ACENTA GROUP LIMITED
13468498 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
AHMU LTD
15750752 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
ALNES LIFE LTD
16923200 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
AMAAN PATEL TRADING LTD
16242808 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
AR PRODUCE LTD
16380428 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
ARISTA (U.K.) LIMITED
01147853 · est 1973 · no financials extracted
52y
ASHBURN STOVES LIMITED
08382637 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
13y
ASTRO.JEWELLERY. LTD
15862185 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
ATTENT AMBAS LIMITED
11005705 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
8y
ATTIRAAZ LIMITED
16789742 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
AUDEN DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
08586010 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
12y
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
Incorporated2016-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

Endwell
37 Revidge Road
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 6JB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CHAND, Tahier Hussain
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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

Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-03