247 LOCAL PLUMBER AND DRAINAGE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
14837169 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-01
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.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Opportunity score: 68 → 62
  • · Bankability: 70 → 60
  • · Distress / opportunity: avoid → speculative
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 3 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 0 positive.

  • Opportunity score: 6862
  • Hygiene score: 9070
  • Bankability: 7060
  • ·Distress / opportunity: avoidspeculative
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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
£0£1k£3k£4k£6k£7kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£6.1k
Current assets£7.3k
Net assets£5.2k
Average employees200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-11-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-18
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2023-05-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 247 LOCAL PLUMBER AND DRAINAGE LIMITED
  7. 2023-05-01
    HOTAK, Hakmatullah appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-01
    📄
    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 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-14

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Hakmatullah Hotak
Individual · Afghan · DOB 03/1995 · age 31
75–100%75-100% voting01/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

30 Bernwood Road
Headington
Oxford
OX3 9LF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-14OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HOTAK, Hakmatullah
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-05-01
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Recent filings (8 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-01