ACTION ARGYLL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12128616 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-30
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-77.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (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: 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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £77,022

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
Net Worth
-£77k
Current Assets
£9k
Current Liabilities
-£77k-£60k-£42k-£25k-£8k£9kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£7.7k
Current assets£9.3k
Cash£6.4k
Debtors£3.0k
Net assets£-77.0k
Average employees0

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-16
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2022-04-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2019-07-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACTION ARGYLL LIMITED
  11. 2019-07-30
    HOLDT, Keith Christian appointed
    director
  12. 2019-07-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 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 59. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Keith Christian Holdt
Individual · South African · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
75100%
75-100% shares30/07/2019

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
Incorporated2019-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Seven Grange Lane
Pitsford
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN6 9AP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-10
Last: 2026-05-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HOLDT, Keith Christian
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-07-30
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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25