BABIN LONDON LTD

💤Zombieactive
14107625 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-15
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-2.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 15120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (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, 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
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £2,928
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,122 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£3k
↓ 1609% YoY
Current Assets
£102
↓ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£3k-£2k-£2k-£1k-£430£194May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£102£194
Current assets£102£194
Net assets£-2.9k£194

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
2
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-11-22
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-11-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-02-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-05-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BABIN LONDON LTD
  9. 2022-05-15
    PRICE THOMAS, Madeline Faye appointed
    director
  10. 2022-05-15
    📄
    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

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
Madeline Faye Price Thomas
Individual · British · DOB 02/1993 · age 33
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/05/2022

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
Incorporated2022-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC15120 — SIC 15120

Registered office

22 Acre Place
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 4QR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-01
Last: 2026-05-18

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PRICE THOMAS, Madeline Faye
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-05-15
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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-15