FLAMPRO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10408280 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-03
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£9.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 84250
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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 (79/100)

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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,666

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 262% YoY
Current Assets
£16k
↑ 116% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£3k£7k£10k£13k£16kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£9.7k£2.7k
Current assets£16.4k£7.6k
Net assets£9.7k£2.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-10-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-03
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    Company incorporated
    As FLAMPRO LIMITED
  16. 2016-10-03
    SMITH, Dale appointed
    director
  17. 2016-10-03
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    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

45/100
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.

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 Dale Smith
Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/10/2016

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

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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
Incorporated2016-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC84250 — SIC 84250

Registered office

2 Elland Road
Ripponden
Sowerby Bridge
HX6 4DB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Dale
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-10-03
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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-16