978 INVESTMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10805696 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-06
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -89% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,200
Cash draining
Cash down 89% YoY
Cash YoY
-89%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£987
↓ 89% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 108% YoY
Current Assets
£62k
↓ 7.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£16k£776£17k£34k£50k£67kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£33.9k£23.4k
Current assets£61.8k£67.0k
Cash£987£8.9k
Debtors£60.8k£58.1k
Net assets£1.2k£-15.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2023-12-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-11-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-06-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 978 INVESTMENT LIMITED
  15. 2017-06-06
    DAS, Simon Nayon appointed
    director
  16. 2017-06-06
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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 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

978 Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
978 Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
978 INVESTMENT LIMITED
This company · 10805696

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
978 Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting19/11/2023
Mr Simon Nayon Das
Individual · British · DOB 06/1985 · age 41
sig. influencesignificant influence06/06/2017

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
Incorporated2017-06-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

5-2-2 The Gatehouse White Cross Business Park
South Road
Lancaster
LA1 4XQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DAS, Simon Nayon
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-06-06
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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08