BEES KNEES IT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11970389 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-30
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£826
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed technology with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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 2 total, 2 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
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £826

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£826
↑ 73% YoY
Current Assets
£93k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£19k£37k£56k£75k£93kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£36.2k£35.8k
Current assets£93.2k£71.1k
Net assets£826£478

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 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-10-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-10-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BEES KNEES IT LIMITED
  13. 2019-04-30
    HAWES, Craig Lee appointed
    director
  14. 2019-04-30
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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 7 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 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-13

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Lee Hawes
Individual · English · DOB 01/1973 · age 53
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/04/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Marie Michelle Hawesceased 24/09/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2019-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

1103 Britton House 21 Lord Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 4FQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HAWES, Craig Lee
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-04-30
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Recent filings (18 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-02