AQUILA SPECIALIST HOUSING LTD

💤Zombieactive
12008356 · ltd · incorporated 2019-05-21
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (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: 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
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth 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
64
Some moderate concerns — review 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£248k£496k£744k£992k£1.2mNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£234.1k
Current assets£1.24M
Net assets£327.9k
Average employees100

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
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-02-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-05-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUILA SPECIALIST HOUSING LTD
  14. 2019-05-21
    WALDRON, Lynn appointed
    director
  15. 2019-05-21
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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 · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-03

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Lynn Waldron
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
75100%
75-100% shares21/05/2019

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
Incorporated2019-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Westwood House 78 Loughborough Road
Quorn
Loughborough
LE12 8DX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WALDRON, Lynn
director · ~56y · appointed 2019-05-21
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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-19