00508380 LIMITED

⚰️Wound downliquidation
00508380 · ltd · incorporated 1952-05-29
Investment thesis
Company liquidation — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
42/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 4533
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed unclear — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 42/100 (watch), bankability 20/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100). Current lenders should be on immediate intervention.

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
42/100Watch
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.

Business quality
0
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
31
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2016-04-04
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    restoration-order-of-court
    restoration · AC92
  2. 2016-04-04
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 1995-01-01
    📄
    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1995
    historical · PRE95
  4. 1992-06-09
    📄
    legacy
    annual-return · 363s
  5. 1987-01-01
    📄
    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
    historical · PRE87
  6. 1952-05-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 00508380 LIMITED
  7. 1952-05-29
    📄
    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 105 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 105 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 74 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

3 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2002-01-31

Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2017-07-02

Company in liquidation
high

Company is actively being wound up. Not a going concern.

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Company details

Statusliquidation
Typeltd
Incorporated1952-05-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC4533 — SIC 4533

Registered office

93, Queen Street,
Sheffield.
S1 1WF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2002-01-31OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2017-07-02OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

COLLEY, Alan
secretary
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Active
MYERS, Peter Michael
director · ~79y
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ROBINS, Anthony
director · ~82y
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ROBINS, Edith Evelyn Mary
director · ~105y
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Recent filings (6 total)

restoration-order-of-court
restoration · AC92
2016-04-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2016-04-04
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1995
historical · PRE95
1995-01-01
legacy
annual-return · 363s
1992-06-09
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
historical · PRE87
1987-01-01
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
1952-05-29