WHITTLES SUPERMARKET LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

NI600984 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-16

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 2024

Net worth

£2

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2

~ YoY

Current Assets

£2

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£2	£2
Current assets	£2	—
Debtors	£2	£2
Net assets	£2	£2

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-01
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WHITTLE, Jonathan resigned
director
2020-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-07-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-11-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-11-03
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-10-28
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annual-return · AR01
2009-10-16
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Company incorporated
As WHITTLES SUPERMARKET LIMITED
2009-10-16
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WHITTLE, Gary William Alexander appointed
director
2009-10-16
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WHITTLE, Jonathan appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WHITTLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gary William Alexander Whittle Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/10/2016

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

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-10-16

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

26 The Square

Moy

Dungannon

BT71 7SG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-30

Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WHITTLE, Gary William Alexander→

director · ~53y · appointed 2009-10-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WHITTLE, Jonathan→

director · ~51y · appointed 2009-10-16 · resigned 2020-11-01

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-06-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-07-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-07-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-07-05

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-26

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2020-11-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2020-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-10-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2019-07-23