THORFINN WIND 'A' LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03840875 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-14
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
18 officers (2 active, 18 linked, 12 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees20

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-11
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2021-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-08
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    HADFIELD, Shelley Alexandra Mary appointed
    secretary
  10. 2021-04-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  11. 2021-04-07
    ➖
    NEPTUNE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  12. 2021-04-07
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  13. 2021-04-07
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2021-04-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-03-21
    ➕
    SKOVGAARD, Jorgen appointed
    director
  20. 2017-03-21
    ➖
    HINGE, Stig Skanse resigned
    director
  21. 2013-12-01
    ➖
    JACOBSEN, Peter Steenfeldt resigned
    director
  22. 2006-12-20
    ➖
    LOWDE, Shaun Reg resigned
    secretary
  23. 2006-12-20
    ➕
    NEPTUNE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-12-20
    ➕
    HINGE, Stig Skanse appointed
    director
  25. 2006-12-20
    ➕
    JACOBSEN, Peter Steenfeldt appointed
    director
  26. 2006-12-20
    ➖
    STROM MADSEN, Finn resigned
    director
  27. 2005-10-31
    ➖
    ANDERSEN, Knud resigned
    director
  28. 2005-10-31
    ➖
    FILTENBORG, Mogens resigned
    director
  29. 2005-09-26
    ➖
    GUNNESKOV, Ole resigned
    director
  30. 2005-09-26
    ➕
    STROM MADSEN, Finn appointed
    director
  31. 2004-09-22
    ➖
    BROWN, Julian Andrew resigned
    director
  32. 2004-09-22
    ➕
    FILTENBORG, Mogens appointed
    director
  33. 2004-09-22
    ➖
    PEDERSEN, Per Torben Hornung resigned
    director
  34. 2002-01-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Julian Andrew appointed
    director
  35. 2001-12-21
    ➖
    COLLINS, Emma Louise resigned
    director
  36. 2001-04-18
    ➕
    PEDERSEN, Per Torben Hornung appointed
    director
  37. 2001-01-17
    ➕
    ANDERSEN, Knud appointed
    director
  38. 2001-01-17
    ➕
    COLLINS, Emma Louise appointed
    director
  39. 2001-01-17
    ➖
    HUNTER, Peter Christoph resigned
    director
  40. 2001-01-17
    ➖
    THEVANANTH, Nadarajah, Mr. resigned
    director
  41. 1999-12-16
    ➕
    LOWDE, Shaun Reg appointed
    secretary
  42. 1999-12-16
    ➖
    QUADRANGLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 1999-12-16
    ➕
    GUNNESKOV, Ole appointed
    director
  44. 1999-12-16
    ➕
    HUNTER, Peter Christoph appointed
    director
  45. 1999-12-16
    ➕
    THEVANANTH, Nadarajah, Mr. appointed
    director
  46. 1999-12-16
    ➖
    STOORNE INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  47. 1999-12-16
    ➖
    STOORNE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  48. 1999-09-14
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    Company incorporated
    As THORFINN WIND 'A' LIMITED
  49. 1999-09-14
    ➕
    QUADRANGLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  50. 1999-09-14
    ➕
    STOORNE INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

Owner dependency

90/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-09-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

48 Emmerson Drive
Clipstone Village
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG21 9AX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (2 active · 16 resigned)

HADFIELD, Shelley Alexandra Mary→
secretary · appointed 2021-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKOVGAARD, Jorgen→
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWDE, Shaun Reg→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-16 · resigned 2006-12-20
Resigned
NEPTUNE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-12-20 · resigned 2021-04-07
Resigned
QUADRANGLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-14 · resigned 1999-12-16
Resigned
ANDERSEN, Knud→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-01-17 · resigned 2005-10-31
Resigned
BROWN, Julian Andrew→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-01-01 · resigned 2004-09-22
Resigned
COLLINS, Emma Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-01-17 · resigned 2001-12-21
Resigned
FILTENBORG, Mogens→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-09-22 · resigned 2005-10-31
Resigned
GUNNESKOV, Ole→
director · ~80y · appointed 1999-12-16 · resigned 2005-09-26
Resigned
HINGE, Stig Skanse→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-12-20 · resigned 2017-03-21
Resigned
HUNTER, Peter Christoph→
director · ~83y · appointed 1999-12-16 · resigned 2001-01-17
Resigned
JACOBSEN, Peter Steenfeldt→
director · ~52y · appointed 2006-12-20 · resigned 2013-12-01
Resigned
PEDERSEN, Per Torben Hornung→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-04-18 · resigned 2004-09-22
Resigned
STROM MADSEN, Finn→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-09-26 · resigned 2006-12-20
Resigned
THEVANANTH, Nadarajah, Mr.→
director · ~68y · appointed 1999-12-16 · resigned 2001-01-17
Resigned
STOORNE INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-14 · resigned 1999-12-16
Resigned
STOORNE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-14 · resigned 1999-12-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (112 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-05-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-04-08
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-04-07