GROCO 903 LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12791012 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-04
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
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: high (81/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£200£400£600£800£1kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.0k£1.0k
Debtors£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£1.0k£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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-05-14
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2026-03-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-03-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-01-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-11-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-11-01
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2024-11-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2024-10-29
    FARRELL, Peter Graham resigned
    director
  11. 2024-10-29
    PARRY, Paul resigned
    director
  12. 2024-10-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-07-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2023-11-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-11-15
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2021-08-03
    BARNETT, Craig resigned
    director
  19. 2021-08-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2020-08-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GROCO 903 LIMITED
  21. 2020-08-04
    KITCHIN, Peter Nigel appointed
    director
  22. 2020-08-04
    BARNETT, Craig appointed
    director
  23. 2020-08-04
    FARRELL, Peter Graham appointed
    director
  24. 2020-08-04
    PARRY, Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2020-08-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

83/100
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 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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: 2026-05-14: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Nigel Kitchin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/10/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • C & C Catering Engineers Limitedceased 29/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated2020-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Darland House
44 Winnington Hill
Northwich
Cheshire
CW8 1AU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

KITCHIN, Peter Nigel
director · ~64y · appointed 2020-08-04
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Active
BARNETT, Craig
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-08-04 · resigned 2021-08-03
Resigned
FARRELL, Peter Graham
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-08-04 · resigned 2024-10-29
Resigned
PARRY, Paul
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-08-04 · resigned 2024-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-14
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03