COMPARE GEEK LTD

💤Zombieactive
12245494 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-07
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£-2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 66220Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (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: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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, 2 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
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,535
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£3k
↓ 149% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 52% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£3k-£1k-£158£1k£2k£3kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£2.3k£3.4k
Current assets£1.6k£3.4k
Net assets£-2.5k£-1.0k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-11-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-08-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-05-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2019-10-07
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    Company incorporated
    As COMPARE GEEK LTD
  15. 2019-10-07
    ZIELINSKI, Artur appointed
    director
  16. 2019-10-07
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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 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-11-27: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Artur Zielinski
Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest07/10/2019

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
Incorporated2019-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

67 Furnival Avenue
Slough
SL2 1DH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ZIELINSKI, Artur
director · ~43y · appointed 2019-10-07
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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-07