COMMERCIS ENGINEERING LTD

💤Zombieactive
11699000 · ltd · incorporated 2018-11-27
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-20
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  3. 2025-09-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2025-05-03
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2025-04-22
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2024-10-30
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  8. 2024-09-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-31
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  10. 2023-09-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-09-04
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  12. 2023-02-22
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  13. 2023-02-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-04-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-08-02
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2021-06-19
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2021-06-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-05-18
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  19. 2020-08-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-11-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COMMERCIS ENGINEERING LTD
  21. 2018-11-27
    AFRASIAB, Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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: 2025-07-08: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Commercis Plc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Commercis Plc
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
COMMERCIS ENGINEERING LTD
This company · 11699000

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Commercis Plc
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting31/01/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan Afrasiabceased 31/01/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

25 Cabot Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 4QZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

AFRASIAB, Alan
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-11-27
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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-17
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-22
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09