A PEARSON & SONS (1949) LLP
💤Zombieactive
OC375141 · llp · incorporated 2012-05-11
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 57/100. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (50/100).
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Refinance opportunity
13 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 13.9y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (62/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
13 charges (13/13 with lender, 13/13 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 16 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 3 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2026-04-22📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2026-04-21📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-24📄change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-previous-shortenedaccounts · LLAA01
- 2025-06-13📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2025-05-14📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2025-05-14📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2025-01-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR04
- 2025-01-15🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2025-01-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR01
- 2024-12-20🔒Charge registered #13Lender: West One Loan Limited
- 2024-12-20🔒Charge registered #12Lender: West One Loan Limited
- 2024-12-11📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR04
- 2024-12-11🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2024-11-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR04
- 2024-11-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR04
- 2024-11-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR04
- 2024-11-27🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2024-11-27🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2024-11-27🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2024-09-26📄change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-previous-shortenedaccounts · LLAA01
- 2024-05-31📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2024-05-30📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2024-05-30📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2024-05-30📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2024-05-30📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2024-05-30📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2024-05-30📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2024-05-29📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2023-09-11🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Aps Produce Limited
- 2022-12-21🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Iow Squirrel Limited
- 2022-12-21🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2019-12-18🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2019-12-18🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2019-12-18🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2019-12-18🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2019-12-12🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2019-02-15🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Lendnet LLP (OC390920)
- 2019-02-15🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Lendnet LLP (OC390920)
- 2019-01-30🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2018-03-28🔒Charge registered #5Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-10-26🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2016-10-26🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-07-08🔒Charge registered #4Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-07-08🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-06-28➕PEARSON, Matthew Jack appointedllp-member
- 2012-06-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (T/a Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
Showing most recent 50 of 58 events
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
1 high · 1 med ·Confirmation statement overdue
highAnnual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-25
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2012-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Enterprise House
97 Alderley Road
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 1PT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-25OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-11
Officers (7 active · 0 resigned)
PEARSON, David→
Activellp-designated-member · ~60y · appointed 2012-05-11
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PEARSON, Mark Alan→
Activellp-designated-member · ~53y · appointed 2012-05-11
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PEARSON, Philip→
Activellp-designated-member · ~63y · appointed 2012-05-11
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PEARSON, William Alan→
Activellp-designated-member · ~79y · appointed 2012-05-11
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LOWTHER, Wendy→
Activellp-member · ~83y · appointed 2012-05-11
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PEARSON, George Raymond→
Activellp-member · ~86y · appointed 2012-05-11
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PEARSON, Matthew Jack→
Activellp-member · ~36y · appointed 2015-06-28
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Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
13
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:13 of 13 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | West One Loan West One Loan Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/12/2024 | 15/01/2025 | |
| outstanding | West One Loan West One Loan Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/12/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Aps Produce Aps Produce Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 11/09/2023 | 11/12/2024 | |
| satisfied | Iow Squirrel Iow Squirrel Limited | A registered charge | — | 21/12/2022 | 27/11/2024 | |
| satisfied | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/12/2022 | 27/11/2024 | |
| satisfied | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/12/2019 | 27/11/2024 | |
| satisfied | Lendnet (OC390920) Lendnet LLP (OC390920) | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/02/2019 | 18/12/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lendnet (OC390920) Lendnet LLP (OC390920) | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/02/2019 | 18/12/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 28/03/2018 | 30/01/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/07/2016 | 18/12/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 08/07/2016 | 18/12/2019 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (T/a Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/06/2012 | 26/10/2016 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (T/a Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 29/06/2012 | 26/10/2016 |
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Recent filings (71 total)
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2026-04-22
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2026-04-22
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-previous-shortened
accounts · LLAA01
2025-09-24
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2025-06-13
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-05-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR04
2025-01-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR01
2024-12-23
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR04
2024-12-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR04
2024-11-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR04
2024-11-27