04065864 LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04065864 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-05
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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 (78/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
75 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-02-25
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2024-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-05-04
    CHAMBERS, Steven resigned
    director
  18. 2006-11-01
    CHAMBERS, Emma Katharine Camille appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-11-01
    CHAMBERS, Steven resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-09-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 04065864 LIMITED
  21. 2000-09-05
    CHAMBERS, Peter Gayler appointed
    director
  22. 2000-09-05
    CHAMBERS, Steven appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-09-05
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-09-05
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-09-05
    CHAMBERS, Steven appointed
    director
  26. 2000-09-05
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2000-09-05
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-02-25: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Gayler Chambers
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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
Incorporated2000-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Albany House
Claremont Lane
Esher
Surrey
KT10 9FQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CHAMBERS, Emma Katharine Camille
secretary · appointed 2006-11-01
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Active
CHAMBERS, Peter Gayler
director · ~78y · appointed 2000-09-05
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Active
CHAMBERS, Steven
secretary · appointed 2000-09-05 · resigned 2006-11-01
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-05 · resigned 2000-09-05
Resigned
CHAMBERS, Steven
director · ~54y · appointed 2000-09-05 · resigned 2010-05-04
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-05 · resigned 2000-09-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06