ERIK PELHAM LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11770296 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-16
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-01-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-11-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-10-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-08-25
    PELHAM, Erik resigned
    director
  9. 2025-02-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2024-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-11-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-07-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  14. 2022-07-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2022-07-03
    HEUPEL, Helge Ansgar, Mr. Dipl-Vw. appointed
    director
  16. 2022-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2022-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-04-16
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  21. 2019-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ERIK PELHAM LIMITED
  22. 2019-01-16
    PELHAM, Erik appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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

Helge Heupel holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Helge Heupel
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
ERIK PELHAM LIMITED
This company · 11770296

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Helge Heupel
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest03/07/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Erik Pelhamceased 25/08/2025· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2019-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Waynflete House
139 Eastgate
Louth
LN11 9QQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HEUPEL, Helge Ansgar, Mr. Dipl-Vw.
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-07-03
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Active
PELHAM, Erik
director · ~72y · appointed 2019-01-16 · resigned 2025-08-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-10