POLY PACK TECHNOLOGIES LTD

💤Zombieactive
10769529 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-13
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 May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
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
77
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2026-02-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As POLY PACK TECHNOLOGIES LTD
  11. 2017-05-13
    BEARD, Christopher John appointed
    director
  12. 2017-05-13
    📄
    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 9 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-04-09: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher John Beard
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
sig. influencesignificant influence13/05/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-05-13
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

2 Old Hill Crescent
Christchurch
Newport
NP18 1JN
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-26
Last: 2025-05-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BEARD, Christopher John
director · ~53y · appointed 2017-05-13
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Recent filings (18 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-24