00783197 LIMITED

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00783197 · ltd · incorporated 1963-12-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 4533
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 30/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (30/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (45/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
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 (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2017-12-01
    📄
    restoration-order-of-court
    restoration · AC92
  2. 2017-12-01
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 1999-12-15
    BROWNING, David Glyn resigned
    director
  4. 1995-01-01
    📄
    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1995
    historical · PRE95
  5. 1987-01-01
    📄
    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
    historical · PRE87
  6. 1963-12-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 00783197 LIMITED

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 94 — 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 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·
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: 2003-10-31

Has insolvency history
medium

Companies House flags prior insolvency events. Review the insolvency filings for context.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC4533 — SIC 4533

Registered office

The Copper Room Deva Centre
Trinity Way
Manchester
M3 7BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2003-10-31OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due:
Last:

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

MCDONALD, Enid
secretary
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MCDONALD, Enid
director · ~88y
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Active
SHEPHERD, David William
director · ~91y
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Active
SHEPHERD, Dorothy Patricia
director · ~94y
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Active
BROWNING, David Glyn
director · ~86y · resigned 1999-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (4 total)

restoration-order-of-court
restoration · AC92
2017-12-01
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2017-12-01
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1995
historical · PRE95
1995-01-01
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
historical · PRE87
1987-01-01