C & D HOWARD LLP
💤Zombieactive
OC400591 · llp · incorporated 2015-06-29
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£65.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £65,712
Cash YoY
+1759%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£15k
↑ 1759% YoY
Net Worth
£66k
↑ 76% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↑ 6536% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £66.6k | £38.9k |
| Current assets | £53.4k | £804 |
| Cash | £14.9k | £804 |
| Debtors | £38.4k | — |
| Net assets | £65.7k | £37.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
- 2026-06-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
- 2026-06-24📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC09
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-30📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-09📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2024-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-11📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2023-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-12📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-13📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2021-05-26📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2021-05-26📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2021-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-10📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2019-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-10📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2019-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-12📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2018-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC08
- 2017-07-12📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2017-07-11📍change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · LLAD01
- 2017-03-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2015-06-29🏢Company incorporatedAs C & D HOWARD LLP
- 2015-06-29➕HOWARD, Christopher Dennis appointedllp-designated-member
- 2015-06-29➕HOWARD, Deborah Caroline appointedllp-designated-member
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Deborah Caroline Howard Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 24/06/2026 |
Mr Christopher Dennis Howard Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 24/06/2026 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| AARON PRINTERS LIMITED→ 04446484 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
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| AB BUILDING & LANDSCAPING LTD→ 16191515 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AB SEA CONTRACTING LTD→ 14777096 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ABBEY 24X7 LIMITED→ 14562543 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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| ABBOTS ESTATE AGENTS AND SURVEYORS LTD→ 07041554 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| ABBOTSTONE STORAGE LTD→ 14896479 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABBROOK PARK BOWLING CLUB CIC→ 10172156 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2015-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Unit 6 Marble Court Business Park
Lymington Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ1 4FB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HOWARD, Christopher Dennis→
Activellp-designated-member · ~79y · appointed 2015-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOWARD, Deborah Caroline→
Activellp-designated-member · ~62y · appointed 2015-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/03/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
2026-06-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
2026-06-24
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC09
2026-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-07-13
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2021-05-26
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2021-05-26