EMPOWER SUPPLEMENTS LTD

💤Zombieactive
12769523 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-27
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
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46180Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
  • 46460SIC 46460
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
77
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
-£982-£735-£487-£240£8£255Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-982
Current assets£255
Cash£255
Net assets£-982

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 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-02-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-10-16
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2024-10-10
    📄
    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  8. 2024-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-18
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  12. 2021-02-15
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-02-15
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2021-02-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2021-02-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-02-11
    BAKER, Matthew Lawrence appointed
    director
  17. 2021-02-11
    BECKER, Julian Fraser resigned
    director
  18. 2020-07-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EMPOWER SUPPLEMENTS LTD
  19. 2020-07-27
    BECKER, Julian Fraser appointed
    director
  20. 2020-07-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2024-10-16: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew Lawrence Baker
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting11/02/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Julian Fraser Beckerceased 11/02/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2020-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Joylon House Suite 369 Amberley Way
Hounslow
TW4 6BH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BAKER, Matthew Lawrence
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-02-11
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Active
BECKER, Julian Fraser
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-07-27 · resigned 2021-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-10-16
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-08
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-01-18